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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My SIL also plans to cook all day today, which I don't understand since they'll most certainly lose power. Unless she's baking bread and brownies (I think she's making stews, etc)[/quote]

My sister has a generator [/quote]

Generators don't do much if you don't have access to gas. Plus after a hurricane you need to be able to run them for a long period of time. Reports are that the area is already out of gas. That means trucks need to make it back down there to refill the lines, assuming they are able to do so in a timely fashion and that the gas stations themself are not damaged.[/quote]

People who live in hurricane prone areas, who have generators, actually "prep" for hurricanes fairly well. They keep some gas on hand (outdoors in a shed, detached from the property) and likely fill up some more if they have an inkling a storm is on its way.  They aren't rushing out now to get gas, because they know that gas will run low.

The people running out now to get gas to evacuate aren't generally the ones who "prepped" for the emergency.[/quote]
DH and I have lived in Florida for 40 years.  We have one of those built-in generac generators.  It powers the entire house and runs on natural gas.  It is set up on a permanent platform in our yard.[/quote]

You're smart, PP. After this storm, I am going to talk with my widowed mom and my brother about possibly getting one for her house, and some hurricane shutters also. She's older, I'm getting older (I live nearby and will be riding it out at her house, I won't leave her alone) and it would probably be for the best to be better prepped. [/quote]

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