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Originally Posted by Michael 61
As this is my first summer as a resident here in The Villages, I was wondering what (if anything) people do to prepare for hurricane season here in The Villages. I know we are usually out of harm’s way, but Ian was initially forecasted to track right over The Villages last year, before deviating south. Most people I ask, sorta laugh it off, and don’t really do anything to prepare. I keep canned goods and water on hand as a contingency measure, having lived through the Loma Prieta earthquake of San Francisco in 1989, and the Waldo Canyon fire of Colorado Springs of 2012. I’m thinking I should buy a battery operated radio. Would keeping some empty sandbags or inflatable water barrier protection be prudent? Interested on what some of the “old-timers” who have lived here for years do. Thanks!
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I am from California also and my number one recommendation is by a back pack water filter will prevent you from scrambling for drinking water. They can produce 200 gallons of clean drinking water from a dirty source say a pond. If you don’t like filtered pond water fill your bath tub but we are basically drinking filtered pond water now with the ground acting as the filter as it makes its way to the aquifer.