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1. Does the survival straw take out petroleum or other chemicals out of water? I am nervous about drinking from standing surface water in built up areas.

   1. To the best of my knowledge it doesn’t. Nor does boiling it. Best advice avoid all retaining ponds near roads and or highways.

2. Great info. Having gone through many major hurricanes (CT, ME, FL) the only caution concerns evacuation.

   To evacuate risks becoming a refugee. There are events that require evacuation (wild fires for example) but with planning and due diligence in choosing property location and construction hurricanes should not force evacuation.

   Prep Yes. Fear Not.

3. A friend of mine who has lived in hurricane country for over 30 years says at the first hint that a hurricane might make landfall any where near them, they purposefully eat up what is in the fridge.

   As the fridge empties, they replace the space with water, usually just filling whatever empty canning jars they have.

   They also begin filling sturdy ziplock type bags with water to put in the freezer.

   By the time the hurricane arrives, they have eaten almost all of their perishable foods and have a fridge full of cold water and a freezer full of ice!

   Great article – especially for folks new to hurricane country.

4. My sister lost her house due to flooding in Dade City Florida. The river rose 17.5 feet!They were not in a flood zone and actually had a berm as a precaution. They felt safe. The water was full of fuel and sewage and made the house difficult to salvage. They are tearing it down and relocating. Our family has been in South Florida since 1919 and we are fairly savvy regarding storms. if you do not have flood insurance spend some time researching historical floods to see if one happened before and then ask why it will not again and buy flood insurance. Also, I found windy.com to be invaluable in tracking the storm and more importantly for knowledge of what direction the winds would be coming from.

5. Our neighborhood seemed pretty well prepped for the storm, with food, gas, etc., but when trying to clear our non-county maintained road, hardly anyone’s chain saws would run. They hadn’t run them or kept fresh gas in them (I even sharpened mine two days before).

6. For the freezer a block of dry ice will keep temps down for 3x normal ice,label door with warning about co2 danger.

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