Why do people always wait until the last minute to buy emergency supplies for a hurricane?

Things like batteries, generators, bottled water and plywood which folks in Texas are now having the nerve to complain about stores running out of them?

Wouldn’t it be a better idea to maintain a stash of these kinds of things in your attic so you wouldn’t have to fight lines of 1a thousand people at Home Depot whenever there’s a hurricane bearing down on you?
Fuzzy, batteries have a shelf life of at least five years. Bottled water could last at least a year if not more. When these items expire after a couple of years, you simply buy new ones. What’s so hard about that?

Gee, I didn’t know generators had shelf lives. Duhhhhh. I’ll have to check the expiration date the next time I go to buy one. Don’t want a stale generator.

Good grief.

I realize that people have a hard time buying their daily necessities but if they can’t afford to maintain and replenish a simple and inexpensive emergency kit like this, then maybe they ought to consider food stamps.

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5 Comments on “Why do people always wait until the last minute to buy emergency supplies for a hurricane?”

  1. 1 fuzzykitty said at 6:38 pm on August 1st, 2009:

    The majority of expensive plywood and lot of people havent clue as to fork over money unless they need to store things like 48 sheets of expensive plywood.

  2. 2 Red Hat Momma said at 10:29 am on August 3rd, 2009:

    Your right! Everyone should have these things ahead of time! We don’t have hurricanes, but we do have all else, yes we are ready.

  3. 3 candleinthewind7579 said at 3:08 am on August 4th, 2009:

    They may not have space to store the items long term, or worry that they will expire before they’re needed

  4. 4 Linda D said at 10:35 pm on August 5th, 2009:

    Because a lot of people don’t have the spare storage space for all of these items.

  5. 5 renpen said at 4:15 pm on August 7th, 2009:

    An issue but that complained the loudest about not getting help.
    An issue but that is more of an excuse than reason did you notice that is we are generally in denial we try to us storage can be an issue but that complained the ones that were the loudest about not getting help.


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