Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for January 18, 2012
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Transcript:
I sort of enjoy being snowed in. It's time to relax, eat a nice bowl of warm soup and drink hot cocoa. If we had any of those things, I'd agree. But you didn't go to the grocery store this week. What's the weather forecast? A heat advisory is in effect.
All the more reason to be prepared with at least six months of food and other supples, just for when times like the above happen you ARE prepared. When you go to the store for groceries, always buy a few “extra” and start working on your “thinking ahead for a change” food storage.Then, when you can’t make it to the store for a week or two or even a month or two, you still have plenty to eat. Buy extra batteries, lantern fuel, kerosene, fuel for your emergency generator if you have one so you can keep your fridge and freezer running, keeping the food cold.And being able to tell the kids, “Pretty nice, being prepared, isn’t it?” and whipping up some soup (on the camp stove if the electricity is off) and a cup of hot chocolate.
How many of YOU are prepared for not being able to go to the store for at least a month? All of you? No, I doubt that would be true. How many of you stop at the store EVERY NIGHT on the way home from work?
All these years and Kate hasn’t figured that out yet. A whole new chance for the strip, Kate and the kids to get a little smarter.