Hurricane Season Quite -- Cheap Time To Stock Up on Hurricane Supplies!
Those of us who live on the US Atlantic East Coast have been very fortunate in many ways this hurricane season. We have not had any serious hurricanes to contend with. No one certainly wants to have to live through the torrential rains and howling rains of a hurricane.
Yet hurricanes DO have their benefits. Many in the South have been experiencing record breaking long runs of unbearable heat. This summer 100F temperatures were repeated day after day ‘down South’. In the
No one wants the destruction of a hurricane but there are silver linings for many when a hurricane arrives. Those silver linings certainly help the farmers and even the fishing crews since the much of the fresh water fishing has also been impacted by the drought and higher concentration of certain chemicals in the water due to little rain.
According to the meteorologists we are still looking at some storms to be aware of. Some may turn into tropical storms and spread much needed rain to the Atlantic seaboard. That will be good news to some farmers. One storm in particular that is still 1500+ miles away appears to be developing in a manner that could possibly become a hurricane later on. No one knows for sure but it is one that we need to be aware of.
We still have two months this hurricane season. If it is a quite hurricane season, than all the better. We have more time to get our hurricane supplies in at the cheapest prices possible. End of the summer season is a great time to check prices and purchase large ticket and / or often used hurricane preparation items:
Generators
Coolers
Propane tanks
Tarps
Plastic outdoor storage boxes are great places to store the propane tanks, tarps and other bulky but necessary items that are very helpful in hurricane emergencies.
With children already back to school, many of the remaining back to school supplies may be at reduced prices sine store managers want to empty those shelves for the holiday merchandise stocked high in their storage rooms eagerly waiting to be made available for sale. , this is also a great time to pick up back packs that can be used as your Get & Go’ hurricane disaster kit bags should you need to evacuate in an emergency at some point. Remember every member of the family should have their own Get & Go disaster kit pack including each pet!
After Halloween is a good time to pick up the hard candies and other snacks at half to 90% off pre-holiday prices. Place them in air tight storage containers and put them in the back of the freezer. They will last a long time and you will have them at the cheapest prices of the year.
Discount dollar stores are now displaying their Halloween and Christmas stock. They are desperate to get rid of as much of the summer stock as possible. Pick up several of the inflatable large floating cushions - loungers that are easy to keep folded until needed. These are great air mattresses to have should you need to sleep outside or your bed is damaged in a hurricane storm. Check to see if the rechargeable or hand operated hand pumps are on sales as well. Sure beats blowing up air mattresses by lung power!
If you don’t have ply-wood for your windows as hurricane protection etc, now is the time to pick it up at some of the lowest prices in years. With the housing slump and so far no major hurricanes this season in the US to place heavy demand on ply-wood, the prices have not been so reasonable for years.
Measure all your doors and windows to make sure you are buying the quantity you will need and then buy the wood at discount prices. Store ply-wood as flooring in your attic or in the rafters of your garage. Cut or at least mark off the correct sizes you will need for every window and door. MARK EACH OF THE PIECES OF WOOD so in the midst of the hurricane preparation rush you will know exactly what piece of wood goes where. You might even want to make an emergency preparedness checklist and place it in a plastic zip bag and keep it with the wood along with the nails or screws, etc so everything is located right where you need them. By making plywood used as additional or temporary flooring in your attic or garage rafters, you can then place much of your hurricane supplies on top of the plywood and everything is ready to go should you need it.
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