Reply #26: Aye. I was in Gulfport within a week after the storm and I can [View All]

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tell you that being prepared for the worst is not only necessary but imperative. I'm a city dweller tied to high-speed internet because of my job and so I can only do so much. I have access to several "bugout" locations in locations from Texas to Wyoming to North Carolina. In the meantime, I have been filling a 300 sq ft storage unit with anything and everything I can get my hands on as well as havimg put in a terrace vegetable garden. Also, we eliminated up to 150 miles roundtrip per day from our lives and she now works 1 1/2 miles away and I work at home. I've done and do whatever I can to become more prepared for almost anything except an atom bomb or an asteroid strike.

But, that doesn't mean I don't enjoy the sunny days. I'm hopeful that whatever lies ahead brings with it a better life but in the meantime I don't worry too much and being prepared for a rainy day makes the sunny ones just that much more enjoyable and alive.