My Friends normally I write on Politics Or #ExpandMedicaidNow or current events ! But part of the purpose of this blog is to help others out ! We in Fl currently face Hurricane ERIKA ! It may hit where I live in South Florida !

**** Update on This Blog Post in 2017 i went through Hurricane Irma also. It was tough in My apartment complex as 6 Buildings of 23 had No power for 8 days. Ages from 62 to 88 . So Please check on Your Elderly and Disabled Neighbors.

We Also became #Impact and are no longer #ExpandMedicaidNow

This Blog post is meant to help No matter What Year or What Storm Feel Free to Share it.

There are Five Categories of Hurricanes with a Cat 5 being the worst ! Two of the worst ever In my lifetime were Cat 5 Hurricanes Katrina – The worst disaster in American History and Andrew another Cat 5 ! You do not want to be near this if one comes ! Evacuate and do it fast if emergency officials tell you to ! Plus during A Storm Emergency Vehicles Do Not Respond after wind gusts reach 45 mph ! So if you are stuck you are stuck !

I personally rode out Hurricanes Frances and Jeanne while in Ocala Fl in 2004 ! And it was no picnic for us and we were 40 miles inland ! For Hurricane Frances we went 2 weeks without Ekectric ! With Hurricane Jeanne it was a week !

How did we eat and what did we eat ? Well it was alot of sandwhiches ! We ate peanut butter or bought deli meat from Publix or ate cereal or crackers.

There are a few tips I would like to pass along
1. Make Sure Your Car has A FULL TANK OF GAS
2. Make Sure YOU HAVE AVALABLE CASH ON HAND

Why because once the Power goes out Gas Pumps and ATM’s Do not work !
3. A 90 Day supply of Medicine
4. Water’ have at least 1 gallon per person per day (IF POSSIBLE) Plus have water on hand to Flush your toilet with. As sewer lift stations may not operate. You do this by filling up a bathtub. (Please Clean Bathtub Before You Do This)
5. Food – Cannned Goods such as canned tuna fish, samon , and Chicken work well. Peanut Butter, Bread, Crackers, Cookies, Dry Ceeal, Gatorade to help replenish you too. 7 to 10 Day supply.of all.

6. Ice – Make Plenty of it as Fl gets hot ! Take a 1 Gallon Water/Milk jug fill it until 3 in from top put in Freezer and in 1 day you have a block of ice . This can be placed in a cooler to keep food cold.

Now Stores may or may not be able to be open. Due to damages in them or Power. Publix Suoermarkets does have Generator systems in All Stores. So they should when able to be open after the storm. This way if needed you may be able to buy some food. But depending upon how long it takes to restock they may not have all products avalable.
Plus due to safety issues distribution centers close for employee safety and trucks can not run if einds exccced 45 MPH also. Literally nothing moves during a hurricane.

Finally please stay home during this time. Do not go out exploring as Emergency Personell may not be able to help you. And Call the Power Company when outtage occurs. Do Not go near Down Power Lines ! As they carry Live ekectric and can kill you ! Report them too !

7. Be Patient after the storm it may take awhile for power to return. As Lineman also can not work with high winds !

Final Thoughts I hope I educated you on this, But I really hope it doesn’t happen for us in Fl ! As We wait on ERIKA !

Update Erika Missed Us But Forgot To Add One more Important Point If Power Goes Out Use Flashlight Only.! DO NOT USE CANDLES AS THEY MAY CAUSE A FIRE !

Thank you God Bless

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