re: They say you need to be prepared to be "on your own" for 72 hrs after a bad hurricane hits

I agree with the 72 hour rule. Depends on whether you have a generator though.

People are flooding into Slidell right now to get gas, food, and other supplies but it’s starting to run out which really sucks.

Ya know, though, I actually have a lot more sympathy for those who couldn’t afford preparations.

It’s the people who had every opportunity to go to the grocery store or get in their car and leave town, who are now freaking out about food or electricity, that I have to chuckle at.

My friend.. love her to death.. but she was saying at like 9:30pm in the middle of the storm Sunday that she was going to leave because she lost power 40 minutes prior. I was like “if you leave in the middle of a hurricane you had every chance to leave for prior, I will kill you if the hurricane doesn’t” If you KNOW you’re awful without AC, which hey I totally get, you are one of the folks who needs to accept that you’ll spend money you may not need to spend by leaving ahead of the storm.

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Why would you guess that?

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Context clues.

Such as?

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We can’t all have Yetis.

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Coleman has insulated coolers that will keep ice for 4-5 days if you keep them full and in the shade. $70 for a 120qt at Walmart. They also have knock off rotomolded yetis for $150 for the 50ish qt.

Hell, I’m by Houston and I was getting preparations ready Thursday just in case.

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Not much prepping you can do for ice to last 72 hours. I bought 180 lbs. in 3 ice chests and it’s just watery slush now.

We can’t all have Yetis.

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That's just wrong. I kept enough for me and another guy, my son and his, for a long camping trip. Also, mine is colorless.

And for those that have a chest freezer, get several gallon size containers of drinking water, pour a few ounces out, and put them in your freezer. Once they freeze, screw the lid back on. It will keep your other foods frozen for longer, and you can take one out for drinking water. Ice doesn't have to come in 10-20 lb bags, and the large chunks melt much more slowly and last much longer.

Saw a dude at Rouses on Saturday that had a big buggy of ultra Michelobe ( sp)

Here in the FL panhandle, we treated it as indoor camping. Just have to ensure we enough water and batteries.

Dad empathy for you. Good advice from Box, Packer and Rob here.
I would also add salt to ice chest holding drinks that you use during the day, preferably rock salt if you that. Really helps stretch the life span of bags of ice or frozen water bottles, jugs.