April 27th, 2011 is a day that will live in infamy for a long time here in the Southeast. The tornadoes which ripped through our land on that day caused one of the largest national disasters on record. I was one of the lucky ones, the brunt of the storm missed my location, but we were out of power for 6 full days.
The storms rolled through our area time and again, in what seemed endless waves. I tried my best to keep some video logs of what was going on during the storm, and in the days that followed.
As someone who has recently begun to stock up on food and supplies for just this sort of thing, my household was better prepared than some, but it became abundantly clear that I was sorely missing several key items. Things that need to be added to future projects and shopping lists. Even things that most households already have, and take for granted, such as coolers for one, I found that I was missing.
We did our best to cook all the refrigerated and frozen foods, but we inevitably lost some of it. Another thing that became clear is that I have not put any effort into alternative cooking methods, other than a charcoal grill, which helped a lot, but in a longer term scenario is just not a good option.
For those of us who are interested in preparedness, it was a crash course in walking the walk. I know that many were not so lucky though, as there was much devastation and many lives lost. As everyone in the affected area picks up the pieces of their lives in the wake of this great tragedy, I carry away from it the lessons I learned, and hope that I can be even more prepared in the future.
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