Hurricane preparedness

[DTisme]

The front page of the Tribune-Herald is all about emergency preparedness in lieu of predicted higher-than-usual hurricane season. And yes, I realize "none has ever hit the Big Island" blah blah. Still, what do YOU do for emergency preparedness?

[Seeb]

It doesn't have to be a direct hit,with all the huge albizza a strong wind would knock out power in places for weeks ( think Helco slow plus if they have to order poles or whatever from the mainland)

If Oahu gets hit, all the shipping goes thru there

[macuu222]

Make sure my hurricane insurance is current!

[Carey]

We =have a bin with SOME of the suggested things...

One thing to note on the Trib article, they listed the shelters that are "Pet Friendly", and have a list of who what & that to bring for the pet shelter (and people ones too). If you do have ANY pets, read the pet section of todays paper:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...s-safe-too

& their Evacuation Plan article:
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/loc...ation-plan

This link hast a nice list of the island shelters with quick look ID of those that will accept pets & are set up for people with special needs

[Tink]

I have a"go bag" that has basic toiletries, laundromat clothes soap, cup for water and Katydin water filter pump, and filter cartridge. Also has 3 days clothes (pair pants 3x underwear, shirt), sweatshirt and small, warm blanket, Coffee and assortment of canned goods, whatever you can grab out of the garden will help also, if you don't use it, you can barter with it to get what you didn't grab. Alongside is a strongbox with the important papers. House paperwork, birth cert. etc. along with the necessary FEMA paperwork I could fill out pre hand, as I fear the paperwork will not be available when it hits the fan. From personal experience when it hits it is mass chaos, "organized" chaos, then recovery. Talk to your insurance agent to get the necessary paperwork you need to get the fastest claim available to you. Use Iniki and Katrina as a base point, as Katrina changed the game as far as "assistance" in a severe incident.

Are you a human being, or a human doing?

[Seeb]

The folks at Civil Defense try their best, but with the politics of this this place [ ex. the schools didn't meet the hurricane standard SO the state changed the standard ] the official version and reality are some distance apart.
And disaster other places have shown that shelters are a last resort. there are likely to be a lot of totally unprepared and angry people there.

[Susan]

48 hours before land fall you buy a case of beer, gas up your vehicle, and hunker down.i hope you find this funny because this is truly what we do on the Texas Gulf Coast. Bottled water, ice, and gas powered chain saws are the top three here. I imagine the hunker down list of comforts is specific to to Puna.

We also try to get out of the evac zone and at least go higher up away from the water..

The only thing worse than the hurricane itself is the hot dry windless aftermath of a late summer hurricane.

Water & ice are your friends.

[ericlp]

what to do? You wait for the sirens to go off...

Then jump in your car, and realize that you only have half a tank of gas, so you go fill up, but everyone else decides they want to fill up too... So you idle, you car for hours on end, and waste almost all of your gas and well, sorry, now the pumps closed cause no more gas...

So, you head for longs to buy any remaining bottled water or candles or batteries ...but they are all gone, so you pull into the driveway, on empty with no supplies...

Then wait for it... Nothing happens. Whew! Another big storm avoided!

Best thing to do when the sirens go off for the big storm or title wave? Stay at home and enjoy the show! It starts with a cool head. Don't freak out or panic. Relax, enjoy your life!

[Hunt Stoddard]

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Originally posted by Tink

I have a"go bag" that has basic toiletries, laundromat clothes soap, cup for water and Katydin water filter pump, and filter cartridge. Also has 3 days clothes (pair pants 3x underwear, shirt), sweatshirt and small, warm blanket, Coffee and assortment of canned goods, whatever you can grab out of the garden will help also, if you don't use it, you can barter with it to get what you didn't grab. Alongside is a strongbox with the important papers. House paperwork, birth cert. etc. along with the necessary FEMA paperwork I could fill out pre hand, as I fear the paperwork will not be available when it hits the fan. From personal experience when it hits it is mass chaos, "organized" chaos, then recovery. Talk to your insurance agent to get the necessary paperwork you need to get the fastest claim available to you. Use Iniki and Katrina as a base point, as Katrina changed the game as far as "assistance" in a severe incident.

Are you a human being, or a human doing?

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Wow, with all that, you might make it to the border of Mexico. Then it'll be easy street...

[Mimosa]

Extra every thing times 3 should be on hand regardless of typhoon or strong storms.
Plus extra buckets for the leaks in the roof that always happens.

Extra back up generator and enough fuel to last 2 weeks for power on genset.

Extra bottles of propane for fridge stove and hot water .

Battery operated radio for updates when no more internet,no more cell phones and no more TV or cable or dish .

Could be several weeks or a month or two before things get back to what ever normal is .

Common sense basic living .