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Usually with Hurricanes I have some time to stock up.

This freeze caught us by surprise. I was most concerned with bringing plants inside, wrapping pipes and covering things I couldn’t bring inside.

I didn’t realize we had little bottled water, no full gas tanks and not a full pantry of food.

By Wednesday I realized I need to go out and shop. ( btw we did not lose power, gas or water )

All traffic lights were out, zero restaurants were open and all grocery stores were open but dark emergency power only. All refrigerated food was roped off not for sale. With the boil notice there was no water anywhere. I realized with all the driving to find food I really needed to get gas. Lines at stations backed out into the streets. People in front of me brought three and four ten gallon gas jugs.

I realized I was seeing end of the world stuff only on a minor scale.

What happened was minor. The temperature in Houston went below freezing in the day time.

I realized how bad it would be if we had let’s say a nuclear exchange.

I realized I needed to be a little more prepared.

What if things were bad for 6 months a year? Geez.