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Is everyone ready for Hanna?
Just wanted to make sure we are all prepared if Hanna makes her way up here. Let's pray that she doesn't strengthen again, even tho she is expected to. This will be my first tropical storm/hurricane, and boy am I nervous!
What are you doing to prepare?
Re: Is everyone ready for Hanna?
We are about 60 miles from Myrtle Beach so we will more than likely get rain and wind from Hanna no matter where she makes landfall. I have been collecting water in milk jugs for a few months now. That is something my mom always did when I was growing up and I just started doing it too. I probably won't do anything else until we know for sure where the hurricane will go. And even then, I will get some canned soups and bread to hold us for a few days. My mom has a basement so if it gets too bad, we will wait out the storm at her house.
I remember the aftermath of Hugo in '89. We were without power for about 2 days. I was 5 and remember taking a bath in a huge pot on the back porch. I hope we don't have anything like that again.
I'm in Greenville and we haven't done anything... from the PP it sounds like we're ok, but any upstate nesties please let me know if there is something we should be doing to prepare!
If anyone needs to evacuate and needs a place to go for a day or two, I would be willing to help you out with a room if you want to come to Greenville/Simpsonville.
Glad to hear everyone is ok Nbrockwell. It was looking pretty nasty over there in LA.
Glad to hear most of you are upstate. Sounds like everyone will be prepared, and really thats all you can do.
Best thing you can do is get out of the way. Normally we don't do anything until we have a positive of when and where it is going to hit. The further south it hits the less likely that the midlands and upstate will get anything more than high winds and heavy rains. Just make sure that you have what ever you need in case the power goes out. Bottled water, foods that you don't have to cook, a radio with batteries, flash light... etc...
I really don't think Hanna is going to be that big of deal for SC. However, Hugo is embedded in my brain and I fully expect that we will see action this year. We are due.
Hey Wendy thanks for the post! Could you give me a suggested list of things you get for your "hurricane kit/Tropical storm kit"
I'm thinking like, stuff for PB&J sandwiches, water and some batteries?
I don't expect much here in the upstate than rain and storms...
I just hope it doesn't bring flooding and tornadoes up here. I would be fine without those!!
I am just going to make sure we have some can food, clean water, flashlights, batteries and candles.... just in case our power goes out from any storms, also incase we flood some (we at saluda river /dam) so just in case we can't leave we will have the canned foods. I don't expect it to get THAT BAD here----but ya never know!
I don't think we are going to have a problem, just lots of rain. *crosses fingers*
I was here for Hugo and moved to Homestead, Florida (2 hours south of Miami) JUST in time for Hurricane Andrew. If you think Hugo was bad, whew...
I don't want to go through any of it again. It's amazing how my parents made it seem like everything was just fine, when your whole world had fallen apart. I would be devasted if we left and came home to basically no home, like we did after Andrew.
Like Wendy said, I think we are due. I hate to say that, but it's been a LONG time. I'm sure we'll all be fine though!