{"id":14884,"date":"2017-10-24T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=14884"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:41:01","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T05:41:01","slug":"survive-hurricane-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/survive-hurricane-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"How to survive the hurricane aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"
These are very simple instructions that may or may not be obvious to you until you live through a major hurricane. The worst part is not the storm itself, the worst part is what happened after it passes. How your world is torn asunder. How business and work become nearly impossible. <\/span><\/p>\n Step #1 Stock up on gas <\/strong><\/p>\n Make sure you have full tanks and backup tanks. Gas is used for everything, generators to chainsaws. All types of machinery use this essential element. So make sure u have enough to store and trade. <\/span><\/p>\n Step #2 Make sure you have drinking water<\/strong><\/p>\n If you can collect clean rainwater to use for toilets and washing clothes do so, but keep a separate stock of drinking water. Due to our own contamination and lack of funds for EPA, we have poisoned our own lands, so rainwater is often contaminated. Do not drink rain water, unless boiled and chilled.<\/span><\/p>\n Step #3 Food<\/strong><\/p>\n Stock up on food. \u00a0Non perishables are always recommended but make sure once you open a can use it asap. Feed the neighbors, dogs and cats, but do not think canned goods will never perish. Also, try to keep a balanced protein diet staying away from meats. You never know what meat people are selling and if there is no power how they are storing the food. Meats hold more bacteria than plant based protein, and if stored improperly it will make you sick. So consider nuts dried fruit seeds and if u must the beef jerky or canned meat. Hate to say it but Peanut butter jelly time. <\/span><\/p>\n Step # 4 Cash<\/strong><\/p>\n Take out around $3,500, depending on how bad the natural disaster hit. If power is out, most places will only accept cash. <\/span><\/p>\n Step #5 Back up electronic gear<\/strong><\/p>\n Those famous back up battery packs that are so expensive may not seem like a necessary, but come in handy when the electricity is out. Also get a battery powered radio and maybe a wireless speaker. The silence in the aftermath will drive you mad.<\/span><\/p>\n Step #6 Get a machete <\/strong><\/p>\n A machete seems like an extreme tool but is very useful in these instances. The hurricane probably turned entire trees into projectiles, using a machete will open more doors and can be used to cut away fallen branches.<\/span><\/p>\n