The Polk County Board of County Commissioners (BoCC) has a count down until hurricane season, today it says 12 days left. Ouch! Am I ready? As I check my food pantry I see that I do have some can goods, lots 'o batteries for flashlight(s) set aside already for an emergency (well, I have them mainly for my digital camera but would use them for the flashlight) but I don't have a bucket of extra stuff. When I worked with PGTV we did this commercial taking a huge bucket (5 gallons I think) to make a 72 hour survival kit. Included in it were change of clothes, important documents in zip lock bags, hygiene items, pillow, snacks, and other important stuff. Need to know what else you should use? Check out the BoCC Disaster Guide Page. It only took 15-20 mins to put together, if you have kids, make it into a game (and be sure to include some board games as well).
Also, the BoCC has a site redesigning coming!