Tough (Question) Tuesday How can you be best prepared

Tough (Question) Tuesday How can you be best prepared found on Pinterest via art mundus Im writing this post on Saturday. The rain from This Dumb Hurricane (Irene was the name of my sweet great-aunt, and I hate that shes sharing a name with this jerk of a hurricane, so Im just calling it  This Dumb Hurricane) has started, but things arent that bad here. However, weve been preparing for days: first, the cancellation of my workshop (so bummer but its been rescheduled to Sept 10th!) because mass transit was maybe-probably gonna be shut down mid afternoon (later in the day it was confirmed to shut down at noon regardless of what the weather looked like at the time); then, the trip to the grocery store for non-perishables, like water, bread, peanut butter, crackers, granola bars, and 3 bottles of red wine (no need to  refrigerate!). Today, weve bought 5 more bottles of water, filled 5 vases with water (what! we cant have too much water, and we needed more containers!), took out our A/C from the bedroom window (Ill spare ya the details, but lets say parts of it werent totall y secure), filled the tub up so wed have water to wash with whatnot, and nowwell, Im using the computer all day long with the presumption that, in a few hours time, theyll be no power for who-knows-how-long. So, whether youre thinking of a natural disaster or just achieving a goal: How can you be best prepared? Promise to meet you in the comments eventually I dont even know if Ill have power when this goes up!