# Oh no! It's Isabel! She's coming right for us!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079 "2003-09-11T23:38:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/161 "2003-09-18T20:09:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Amanita \* > \*\*\ If the storm is particularly bad, your store may not have power, \*\* Or _you_ could lose power and wind up with the better part of multiple gallons of spoiled milk. Kind of a crap shoot, I suppose. When we were snowbound during the President’s Day Blizzard, we didn’t stock up, but we got along on the contents of the pantry. By the 3rd day, I was doing some creative cooking, but we were able to hike to the grocery for a few things. I learned from that to keep a reasonably stocked pantry and be sure to have sufficient water. Then again, we didn’t lose power. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2003, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/162 "2003-09-18T20:58:43Z")
Well, **FCM** , I’m consistently amazed at the number of people who own generators in my town. I mean, we’re about 100 miles inland and haven’t had a significant hurricane event since Andrew. Mr. Amanita and I tend to make sure we have ice and batteries, and as you describe, plan on eating what we already have in the pantry during emergencies. ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/163 "2003-09-19T00:58:02Z")
According to the tracking map, Buffalo & Toronto have a chance at getting a direct hit by what will still be a tropical storm when it gets there. That’s just bizarre. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/164 "2003-09-19T10:28:50Z")
Just got off the phone with my husband - he’s still without power - he said it looks like it’s limited to the Federal Hill area, as there are lights downtown and across in Fells Point. He also said the water is 8 or 9 feet higher than normal. If they didn’t have floating docks, they’d be in real trouble. I’ve decided if my flight is overbook and they need my seat, I’ll give it up for a future flight and a resked for next week. So we’ll see if I get to Balto tonight or not. Time for folks to let us know you’re alive! ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/165 "2003-09-19T12:54:31Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Who\_me? \* > \*\*I felt out of the loop by not going out and stocking up on bread (I have enough), water (I always have a 3 gal container in the fridge), and TP, so I went out to see if I could find a camping lantern to go with my flashlights. No dice, Wal_Mart was out of all portable lighting devices. No lanterns, flashlights, and almost out of candles… I’ll make do with what I have. \*\* In my parts, (Philly area), no one stocks up on toilet paper. The big three items (esp for snow storms) is milk, bread and eggs, with token shots by local news crews of these aisles being gutted in the supermarkets. No one ever mentions toilet paper. At some biz meeting in DC, we were joking about a storm scare and I mentioned the milk, bread, egg rush and someone else from Baltimore commented that it was definitely milk bread and toilet paper. We’re all nuts in one way or the other. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/166 "2003-09-19T15:36:17Z")
Still alive (and obviously with power) up here. I’ve had 2 days off from school, though. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/167 "2003-09-19T16:11:32Z")
“We’d better stock up before the hoarders get here.” - George Carlin ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/168 "2003-09-19T16:47:27Z")
I didn’t lose power at all. The local trees were pruned and that’s about it. 4-day weekend for everybody! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079.md?page=8)