Tropical Depression
So Tropical Depression Kenneth is on it’s path to Hawaii. It has started to rain and we’re expecting rain and some wind through the weekend. I love rain!!!
I think the Tropical Depression brought some depression today. Or at least A N X I E T Y and I R R I T A B I L I T Y. Work irritated me all day long for no good reason. I felt like everybody was picking on me! To top it off that I’ve been counting the hours until my paycheck is direct deposited and some of our customers are purchasing objects of desire that cost more than the car I drive. That doesn’t happen every day but it did happen twice in the last week. Then of course, just about every customer I speak to purchases something that costs more than my weekly paycheck. Hmm, I should work on commission…
Three hours and counting till my paycheck is in the bank… Maybe I should start stocking up on my hurricane preparedness kit. Let’s see, I’ll need water and food for how many days? I think the problem would be choosing food that doesn’t need refrigeration, doesn’t need to be cooked or microwaved. What would that be anyway? Maybe my kit will have:
Water
Diet Pepsi (yes, I’m thinking necessities only)
Canned Pineapple (doesn’t need peeling and will prevent scurvy, at least for a few days)
Peanut Butter
Crackers
Candy
Cookies
Cat Food (for the cat of course, or us, once we’re desperate)
Well, I think that should do it. Of course, it’s really not something to take lightly. After I finish here, I’ll find out what really should be in my hurricane / emergency kit and start stocking up.
Thinking about what you can eat without the luxury of electricity, water, etc. reminds me of seeing a homeless family in their van once. The father was asking for food, money, whatever help. I remember giving them whatever extra few dollars I had at the time and while I was leaving, these college girls walked up and gave them a little bag of groceries with non perishables like boxed macaroni and cheese. Hello… wouldn’t common sense tell you that if the family lives in their van, they probably don’t have a way to cook up a pot of mac and cheese…
Loren
September 29th, 2005 at 11:16 pm
Loren, Homeless families in Vans usually have Portable Stoves with Propane (small cans) that can be purchased most anywhere. I BBQ’ed Kalbi at this past Hawaii Stories/Hawaii Threads Picnic @ Ala Moana, using Ryan’s Grill. It did the job. So, yeah, it’s possible to cook anything.
Word of advice. Never give $ to any Homeless Person or Family. give through an Agency. If you must give, give Food or clothes that will be used and not sold. I have seen many cases where they sell items for Drugs. Not all like that but from what I have seen, unfortunately it’s the truth.
Thanks for writing this post. I had everything ready and because I thought no hurricanes was going to come, I started eating the corn beef, tuna and salmon. Now, I got to restocked. As for water, I got that 1 gallon thingy. I’ll just plug up the tub. Always clean.
September 30th, 2005 at 1:28 am
In addition to water, you should invest in a portable water filter kit. Not the kind that makes water taste better, but the kind that filters out microorganisms. That way you can filter stagnet water if needed.
September 30th, 2005 at 8:51 am
The university has an official earthquake safely kit that everybody has to keep in their offices. These must include a flashlight, and a campus map, some bandages, that kind of thing.
Of course the prognosis is that the inner stairwell of our building will collapse from the bottom, and that the fire escape will simply detach and fall over, in the event of a largish earthquake, so I am thinking to myself, “self, maybe if there’s an earthquake I should dive right for my earthquake safety kit and… what… use the map for a parachute? Point the flashlight downward to slow my fall? ” At least I’ll have band-aides when I get to the bottom, five distant floors away! My best bet is probably the pine tree just outside the window…
October 1st, 2005 at 5:46 am
Think camping and roughing it survivor. Beef jerky and anykine nuts, trail mix is good cause they last a long time. I would pack li hing mui, arare and da kine snacks I like. I was thinking shredded or pickled mango….I’m just making myself hungry now! LOL
Malama pono.