With Hurricane Irene bearing down on us government officials and weather folks have been urging us to get ready for this storm. In the middle of all of this a 5.8 Earthquake hit causing a brief scare but relatively little damage. I was at the Chiropractor on the wave bed when it hit so I didn’t feel it but many people around the area did. The east coast is a relatively active earth quake zone even though its unusual for us to feel them like we did today.

The earthquake was a brief interruption in our preparation time for Irene this weekend. I don’t know but it seems to me hunters and outdoorsman seem better equipped to deal with these types of situations. We keep most of the stuff they tell us to put in a emergency kit on hand because its stuff we carry when we head out on a hunt or a camping trip. If you don’t have what you need on hand trust me now is the time to gather it. After the storm hits water, gas, charcoal, batteries, ice, tools, tarps, trash bags, non perishable food, etc… becomes extremely expensive or unavailable.

I gathered most of my stuff together this evening hitting the store to get water and batteries. Having to rethink a few things giving I’m living in a new house on my own well should we lose electricity we’ll have no water unlike our last house that was on a community well that had emergency power backup. We’ve got a plan on how to deal with that but hopefully we won’t need it anytime soon.

As I write this it appears even less likely will take a direct hit possible a glancing blow or a total miss. Anyone along the east coast especially those north of me now is the time to get ready, Hopefully Irene gets shoved out to sea but if not you better batten down the hatches.

As far as the time I spent getting things together tonight, its not wasted time but just a jump start on my next hunting trip.

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