OT I got a question

This is for all you folks here in the US. How many of you have already made
Hurricane Plans and preparations

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

Well, we don't very often GET hurricanes in Southern
California :-), but most of us here with families have made
some sort of emergency plans in case of earthquake.

It kind of depends upon your living arrangements (house,
apartment, whatever) and whether you have a family. I've
always thought of my car as an alternate lving space if the
building got trashed - until we had a power failure (not
earthquake connected) and I discovered that without power to
open the apartment's subterranean garage door, the car would
have to stay where it was!

jmcquown...

Uh, well, hurricanes don't reach where I live. I have an emergency
preparedness kit, does that count? Seriously, I live on the 2nd largest
fault line in the U.S. and also in a place that gets hit with tornadoes. I
don't need the news to tell me to keep basic canned food, gallons of water,
batteries for flash lights and a basic red cross type medicine kit on hand.

A poll made it to newspaper today

Among people preparing for a hurricane, 18 percent said they were assembling
an emergency kit and buying basic supplies such as water, canned food and
batteries, making that the most popular response.

Seven percent of respondents said they had prepared their homes for a
hurricane by installing special shutters or doors or making other upgrades;
5 percent said they had purchased a portable generator or installed an
emergency generator.

-L....

Biggest threats we have here are earthquake and fire - we have
emergency kits in both cars including food and water, and a survival
pack in the house. I have the cat carriers open and out all the time
and almost always have a stockpile of food ready to tote out if need
be. Fresh water is the biggest concern and we have a big tote we
refill as well as distlled stored in the house.

Monique Y. Mudama...

Not I. But I think the likelihood of a hurricane hitting Colorado is
pretty slim ...

The main disaster risk around here seems to be forest fire, and I
don't think there's much you can do about that other than leave.

Victor Martinez...

We're too far away to be seriously affected. All we really need is a
portable generator to keep the fish alive.