Here are some basic items you'll need to stock your hurricane kit.
Food and drink
• Drinking water: 1 gallon per person per day.
• Nonperishable food supplies: Enough to see you through the first few days. A severe storm can interrupt delivery of fresh food to stores. You need to be ready to feed yourself until stores restock and reopen.
• Comfort foods to relieve stress (cookies, pastries).
• Toilet paper, paper towels, plates and napkins, plastic tableware and drinking cups, wet wipes, plastic wrap, trash bags.
• Two coolers: one for food, one for ice.
• Manual can opener.
Health and safety
• Flashlight and batteries for each person in your household.
• Light sticks.
• First aid kit with bandages, antiseptic, tape, compresses, pain reliever, antidiarrhea medication, antacid.
• Medications for routine illnesses such as colds.
• Liquid soap, hand sanitizer, wet wipes.
• Water purification kit.
• Two-week supply of vitamins, over-the-counter medications and prescription medicines.
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