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Originally Posted by JSRusso
Hi everyone, I am new here in the Lake Denham area. I have never had to prepare for a tropical storm or hurricane and was hoping to get some advice from you all. What if anything should I have on hand, and any other helpful advice would be appreciated. Thanks!
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I haven't read everything others have written so this might be a duplicate.
Put medications in plastic bag and then inside a plastic container if possible. Get ice in your freezer.
It's late now but for future reference get neck coolers for yourself and family members. They also make these for dogs. For now you can take a couple towels and wet them down, put them in the freezer. Put ice in a cooler ahead of time. If the power goes out you have the towels to put around your neck. They will stay cold for about 4 hours. Put this towel in the ice filled cooler and take a cooler from the freezer. Rotate as needed. If you feel too hot try pouring cool water on your wrists.
You can do this for your pets too. A lifetime ago we lived in SE FL and lost power for 14 loooooong days. We had three dogs and I was concerned for them. I spoke with our vet and he suggested putting wet towels on our dogs (using above method or rotating.) We had big dogs so we used large bath towels. If you have a smaller dog(s) you can use hand towels or wash cloths. Our cat didn't tolerate this but our dogs kept the towels on until we took them off to put a fresh one on. If you are concerned that your dog (if you have one) has dangerously overheated place their paws in cool water (NOT ice cold.) This will bring their temperature down quickly.