Who knew that in the past few years we would become experts at hurricane prep.  We have even created a cabinet in our laundry room as well as a few reserved shelves in the pantry for hurricane supplies.  The laundry cabinet contains old towels, flashlights, lanterns, water purification tablets, procedures and phone numbers provided by our local municipality, batteries, gloves, rain gear, a first aid kit and a small propane bottle for our camping stove. 

The pantry has canned goods, MRE’s and plenty of bottled water.  Outside our propane tanks for the grill are filled and the shutters are ready and waiting. One thing about hurricanes, unlike other natural disasters and storms, there is usually time to prepare and make sure every item on the checklist is marked off.