With the 6 month anniversary of Hurricane Katrina having just passed and hurricane season only 88 days away, I was wondering if the Katrina aftermath has changed anyone’s long term preparedness plans.

Here are some of my concerns and changes –
1)Taking a harder look at my flood and wind insurance. I need to increase coverage. That is going to hurt as our premiums are set to go up big time anyway.

2)Fuel storage. Last year the flooding from Wilma almost put my 6-5gallon Blitz cans underwater. I’ve picked up a suitable 30 gallon drum and will pick up 4 new MFC’s from Davidsons.

3)I’ve made a concerted effort to make copies of all my papers and am getting them to my MIL at our bugout location.

4)I still need to get a scanner and start copying our family pictures to CD.

5)Plan on giving our shingle roof a coating of Koolseal. That stuff really locks those shingle tabs together and keeps the temperature down.

6)I hope to put in a transfer switch for the jenny but may have to make do with extension cords again.