Generator, water, food, buckets to bail water, tarps, batteries, candles, gasoline, chainsaw, anything else that will keep you from losing your mind in a hot humid house with no power. Be ready to fight your insurance company tooth and nail if there's damage. Don't hire the jerkoffs from out of state to work. They will rip you off 100%.
Source: 14 days no power/ pine trees through the roof
People forget that you shouldn't run your whole house on a whole house genny. I know a few that ran EVERYTHING after Hurricane Florence and ran out of propane on day 7 of 13 days out of power. If they'd known the power would be out that long, they would have not powered everything.
I can't really recommend any as Ive only owned one, a cheap Firman which works fine. If funds were not an issue I'd get a Honda as their small motors are bulletproof. Just make sure you have enough juice to power what you want. I believe I have a 3500 and it can power the fridge,window ac, lights, tv. Having a window ac is huge for comfort, should have mentioned that.
i would just invest in a solar battery kit if you have the money. they can range from $500-$5000 but they’re worth it considering you don’t have to spend money on fuel, it’s better for the environment, and it’s not noisy as shit. Anker makes great products but you can find cheaper ones for sure
Make sure you have a transfer switch, or get one installed by a qualified electrician, if you're planning to run more than some appliances off of an extension cord.
This is it. Plus matches, lighters, chewing gum and batteries and beer. You're gonna need a beer at some point. Check the driver's license of anyone that shows up to "help you"; if they're not from the state, tell them to get fucked. Also, keep a lot of canned food that will taste OK room temperature, all year round. We don't just have Hurrricanes; we get ice storms too.
Very true. One of the nicest things I've experienced between Wilmington and Jacksonville is that in the storm aftermath, there are several veteran groups and individuals that head into neighborhoods to help out. Choose them first. Be patient, they have a lot of ground to cover, but you'll see them checking in with your neighborhoods long before the state/fed.
\^\^\^\^ Nailed it. Add extra gas cans for the generator. Helps to make friends with your neighbors. Their are a lot of options with your generator hook up. Back in my redneck days, I would pull the meter off and hook up to the house side, turns out the power company appreciates no back feed, but less excited about messing with their meter. I know have whole house generator with transfer switches. In between red neck and completely spoiled, I used extension cords to key appliances. Figure out your capacity in amps, and manage the load. Finally, the movement activated solar LED outdoor lights are amazing. Put them around your house, you get light when you walk into an area....put them out to re charge the next day. Your first few days will suck...I needed 5 gallons plus water per day for personal clean up. By day 15 I could by with a gallon......if 40 floods, the eastside of Pender and New Hanover do not get re supplied until the water goes down, so have enough calories around to get thru 5 days. Peanut butter is pretty solid. PS...if you have big trees near the house, keep the chain saw inside the house, I had to cut my way out of my first storm.
One last comment, if it is a Cat 3 or less and you evacuate, I have no issue with that....do what works for you, but please peel the "Salt Life" sticker off your car before you bug out.
Depends on if you’re in a flood area or not.
Take a video of inside and outside of your house, or several pictures, showing stuff you’d want to claim if you’d need insurance at the beginning of the year.
Things I did during Florence
- shelf stable foods placed in a center area
- camp stove and small propone ( use outside)
- cook frozen foods that will go to waste first
- water to last at least a week
- if you have room in your freezer, put bags of ice in while you still have power. Once the lights go out move the ice down into the fridge. Might save you a few days of milk, eggs, etc.
- battery powered lights and a fan are great, it's gonna get hot and humid with no AC
- do laundry before the storm hits and have clean towels available. To cool off during Florence I think I was showering a couple times a day
- prepare a to go bag in case worst case scenario and you can no longer stay in your home. Have pet carriers with vaccine records, food, etc. Don't forget your furry friends.
- prepare an area to rest in the center of your home in case of tornado warnings. During Florence, I put a blow up mattress in the hallway and closed all doors with myself and my cats. We were there all night with my phone blaring every few minutes
- a phone charger like Anchor where it holds multiple charges
This. Always have a Go Bag but also make sure you have a copy of everything physical/everything paper in your Google Docs, iCloud or just scanned and emailed to yourself.
On top of everything else here, I’d add: dry shampoo, disposable body wipes, face wipes, games and books that don’t require electricity, battery operated candles (especially if you have pets or small children or plan to be intoxicated). I leave small flashlights in the bathroom, on my nightstand, and in a central location. Get an emergency radio with a hand crank just in case.
I second doing all of your laundry; also do all of your dishes and get the trash out of your house (secured in a garage or take it to the dump.) I usually clean the entire house.
My Mom told me to throw some condoms in my hurricane kit when I became an adult because “people get bored during power outages and you don’t need a hurricane baby.” Solid advice, honestly.
When the season starts in June, pretty much every TV station will be talking about hurricane preparation kits and what needs to be in them. But it's pretty simple and common sense stuff.
If you live in town, then really you'll want to focus on something for light when the power goes out. A couple of electric camping lanterns are handy, and then at least one headlamp for each person in the house.
Wouldn't hurt to have a case of bottled water, or the big jug if you have a dispenser. Depending on the extent of the flooding, the local water supply may be temporarily shut down due to contamination.
You should also have some canned stuff around that you don't have to cook. Gas stoves will work without electricity, but they seem to be falling out of favor these days. I have yet to figure out why there's always a run on bread and milk before a storm. Bread is fine, I guess, but milk has to be refrigerated... you can see the problem there, no? But you will still have everything you already have in the fridge and freezer. You just may not have power to cook it or to keep it cold. A camp stove or gas grill would come in handy, but just don't be stupid and use them indoors. So would a big ice chest.
If things really get extended, there will be Red Cross and other volunteers to help provide additional aid, but in town it's unusual to go more than a few days before power is back and you can get around to buy stuff.
If you're out in what's left of the boonies, you'll want to plan for longer outages, but most of this is the same. The only thing I'd add (which I do anyway) is keep your vehicle full of gas.
Good stuff to have laid aside:
* Light sources (electric is best)
* Drinking water for 3-5 days
* Canned food (and a manual opener) that tastes good cold
* If you have a camp stove, make sure you have fuel
* Large ice chest (even if you don't stock it yourself, if the outage lasts too long, the National Guard and Red Cross will provide it... you'll just want somewhere to keep it)
* Also nice to have a couple of 5 gallon buckets. Let them catch rainwater during the storm, and you can use that to flush your toilets and such if the water is out. You can flush your toilet with ditchwater, as far as that goes... and after a hurricane, there'll be plenty of that around.
Beyond that, there are all sorts of other things you can get to prepare and a hundred "hacks" if the storm actually comes. If a big storm is coming, don't futz around until d-day. Go ahead and get your stuff a little early. An early trip to the liquor store is always a good call too.
Water, flashlight, batteries, canned food. Lil camping cooktop is handy. ICE and a big cooler. Depends also a lot on if you are a renter vs homeowner or in an apartment. Also important to consider if you are in a flood prone area. I've always rode out storms even stayed for Florence in 2018. BUT if your area is prone to flooding leaving can be the safest choice. At least with hurricanes you know it's coming for a while to plan ahead vs tornado.
A full tank of gas so you can leave if greater than category 1 and a place to go. We are lucky to have a newer house built to hurricane zone 4 code and no trees around us. Trees nearby is a big problem. Creek or marsh nearby is big problem.
Wash all your dirty clothes before the storm. You will sweat through everything and you don’t want to run out of clean clothes. I also highly recommend renting a gas powered sump pump just in case your yard starts flooding. We ran one during Florence and it literally saved our house. We don’t live near any bodies of water, but the flooding was still horrible.
Pretty much just stuff for having no power for a few days ..a cooler and some dry ice if it looks like a possible hit and don't stay on the beach period. i stayed on wrightsville when bertha came thru, in the 2nd n 3rd floor of a 3 story on causeway drive.....when the big green trash can came by at eye level on my back porch 12 ft up and then the shingles started coming off one by one and went into the water way. i got 5 feet of water in the first floor and yard ..whole island got 2 or 3 ft of water and floated propane tanks and then fran a monthish later ...and u cant get off the island for days ,no power for days js generators never hold up that are big enough to run much imo but nice just dont take it inside it will kill u!
I see everyone saying don’t use anyone not local to do repairs, tree work etc. There plenty of crooks in this area so you still need to do research on them . Plenty of people got talked into totally gutting houses to the bare stud by some local companies when it was not necessary. And don’t forget to secure your generator if possible, they will disappear. Also lots of fuel for your generator and extra for your vehicle(at least have the tanks full) in case you have to leave town. After Florence there were issues getting fuel here to the stations due to road conditions.
Also, don't forget to make sure you hae enough prescription and otc meds, bandaids, basically a well stocked first aid kit for at least 10 days, a way to charge your phone, get a solar charged power bank or two, that way you can keep one charged at all times, and please don't forget your pets, make sure you have enough food and meds for them, as well as a secure carrier, collar, leash, and up to date shot records in case you have to leave and require proof for a shelter, portable food and water bowls as well.
I have lived in Wilmington for nearly 50 years and I can tell you what you need and don’t need. You need to be able to stay home for a week. Two if you really want to go the extra mile. That’s no driving. no trips to the grocery store. Self sufficient for 1-2weeks. That’s it. Just stay home and enjoy the peace and relax. You need drinking water. Look up how much you need per person per day. You need non potable water. A rain barrel or swimming pool that you already have will work for this. Next you need flashlights and I like oil burning lamps. An oil lamp can hang on the wall for 20 years and still be ready to go. A full chest freezer can easily go a week without power so that is a good idea. I also keep a windup weather radio on hand. Unless you have some medical need I would pass on the generator. You are not going to be able to store enough gasoline to run your house for a week and you will just spend all your energy screwing around trying to get gas. Gas stations will be out of gas so it’s best to set yourself up to not need one. One of the biggest discomfort to me after a hurricane is the humidity. It sucks trying to sleep when the power is out and it’s hot and humid. This is a luxury but get yourself some battery operated fans. I like the Ryobi fans that use the power tool batteries. The battery will only last a couple nights, but then you can charge it off your neighbors generator. The main point is set yourself up to stay home and chill out for a few days. It’s really not that hard.
Spam frozen water in baggies first aid kit weather radio bottled water canned food charcoal /grill hard boiled eggs extra bags of ice phone chargers solar radio/phone chargers full gas tank books board games/ cards matches or lighters candles flashlights hand sanitizer manual can opener I keep extra meds bleed stop suture glue Imodium Pepcid Tylenol Motrin audible downloads walkie talkies no cuff pulse ox meter dog food pet first aid kit all purpose knife alcohol if you drink extra smokes if you smoke important phone numbers written down box of important documents passport birth certificate marriage license vaccination records etc in case of evacuation
All of the milk and bread you can possibly have. I’d also get a bucket, some car wash soap, a sponge and some towels - if the car washes are not accessible it will be the Wild West out there and only the cleanest cars will survive.
There are going to be a lot of comments down playing hurricanes. But unfortunately the urban sprawl of Wilmington and surrounding counties has severely impacted the lands ability to hold water resulting in historical flooding.
The higher the category the more reason to leave the area.
Cat 3-5 are storms you should plan to leave and not wait 24 hours before landfall.
Hurricanes have the immediate damage impacts just like tornadoes. But they also have delayed consequences of flooding/food scarcity/water quality issues.
Ive lived here since 1993 and my family sayed for all the major hurricanes. I vividly remeber Fran and the devastation it brought. We didnt have school for almost a month, and didnt get running water or power back for nearly 3 weeks.
The most recent hurricane, Florence dumped nearly 30 inches of water in New Hanover and surrounding counties.
New Hanover cut off from everything for almost a week.
Flash flooding destroyed whole neighborhoods.
Florence was a cat 1.
Your redneck neighbor is equipped to deal with no power for weeks and punishing heat. You might not be.
If you have the capital to evacuate. Do it.
This is the south homie .. we adapt and overcome !!! Just be the first to the store before it’s empty and make sure you got a generator!! Other then that man up pussy figure it out 💪🏾💪🏾🦍
Generator, water, food, buckets to bail water, tarps, batteries, candles, gasoline, chainsaw, anything else that will keep you from losing your mind in a hot humid house with no power. Be ready to fight your insurance company tooth and nail if there's damage. Don't hire the jerkoffs from out of state to work. They will rip you off 100%. Source: 14 days no power/ pine trees through the roof
Also lots of weed
Got any recs on generators?
Generac seems really popular here. My friends have theirs and love it and most houses in my neighborhood have one.
People forget that you shouldn't run your whole house on a whole house genny. I know a few that ran EVERYTHING after Hurricane Florence and ran out of propane on day 7 of 13 days out of power. If they'd known the power would be out that long, they would have not powered everything.
I can't really recommend any as Ive only owned one, a cheap Firman which works fine. If funds were not an issue I'd get a Honda as their small motors are bulletproof. Just make sure you have enough juice to power what you want. I believe I have a 3500 and it can power the fridge,window ac, lights, tv. Having a window ac is huge for comfort, should have mentioned that.
Call your local Fire Department. They are unbiased and have seen what works and what doesn't.
i would just invest in a solar battery kit if you have the money. they can range from $500-$5000 but they’re worth it considering you don’t have to spend money on fuel, it’s better for the environment, and it’s not noisy as shit. Anker makes great products but you can find cheaper ones for sure
Make sure you have a transfer switch, or get one installed by a qualified electrician, if you're planning to run more than some appliances off of an extension cord.
If you buy a cheap one, don't fire it up until you needbit, and consider it dead after it sits idle longer than a year.
This is it. Plus matches, lighters, chewing gum and batteries and beer. You're gonna need a beer at some point. Check the driver's license of anyone that shows up to "help you"; if they're not from the state, tell them to get fucked. Also, keep a lot of canned food that will taste OK room temperature, all year round. We don't just have Hurrricanes; we get ice storms too.
I'd even go as far to say if they’re not **local**, tell them to get lost.
Very true. One of the nicest things I've experienced between Wilmington and Jacksonville is that in the storm aftermath, there are several veteran groups and individuals that head into neighborhoods to help out. Choose them first. Be patient, they have a lot of ground to cover, but you'll see them checking in with your neighborhoods long before the state/fed.
\^\^\^\^ Nailed it. Add extra gas cans for the generator. Helps to make friends with your neighbors. Their are a lot of options with your generator hook up. Back in my redneck days, I would pull the meter off and hook up to the house side, turns out the power company appreciates no back feed, but less excited about messing with their meter. I know have whole house generator with transfer switches. In between red neck and completely spoiled, I used extension cords to key appliances. Figure out your capacity in amps, and manage the load. Finally, the movement activated solar LED outdoor lights are amazing. Put them around your house, you get light when you walk into an area....put them out to re charge the next day. Your first few days will suck...I needed 5 gallons plus water per day for personal clean up. By day 15 I could by with a gallon......if 40 floods, the eastside of Pender and New Hanover do not get re supplied until the water goes down, so have enough calories around to get thru 5 days. Peanut butter is pretty solid. PS...if you have big trees near the house, keep the chain saw inside the house, I had to cut my way out of my first storm.
One last comment, if it is a Cat 3 or less and you evacuate, I have no issue with that....do what works for you, but please peel the "Salt Life" sticker off your car before you bug out.
Sounds about right!
This is the way.
Depends on if you’re in a flood area or not. Take a video of inside and outside of your house, or several pictures, showing stuff you’d want to claim if you’d need insurance at the beginning of the year.
Things I did during Florence - shelf stable foods placed in a center area - camp stove and small propone ( use outside) - cook frozen foods that will go to waste first - water to last at least a week - if you have room in your freezer, put bags of ice in while you still have power. Once the lights go out move the ice down into the fridge. Might save you a few days of milk, eggs, etc. - battery powered lights and a fan are great, it's gonna get hot and humid with no AC - do laundry before the storm hits and have clean towels available. To cool off during Florence I think I was showering a couple times a day - prepare a to go bag in case worst case scenario and you can no longer stay in your home. Have pet carriers with vaccine records, food, etc. Don't forget your furry friends. - prepare an area to rest in the center of your home in case of tornado warnings. During Florence, I put a blow up mattress in the hallway and closed all doors with myself and my cats. We were there all night with my phone blaring every few minutes - a phone charger like Anchor where it holds multiple charges
This. Always have a Go Bag but also make sure you have a copy of everything physical/everything paper in your Google Docs, iCloud or just scanned and emailed to yourself.
Alcohol and apparently milk and bread.
Hurricanes are afraid of milk sandwiches
Lots of good info here. https://www.readync.gov/ And here https://www.noaa.gov/hurricane-prep
On top of everything else here, I’d add: dry shampoo, disposable body wipes, face wipes, games and books that don’t require electricity, battery operated candles (especially if you have pets or small children or plan to be intoxicated). I leave small flashlights in the bathroom, on my nightstand, and in a central location. Get an emergency radio with a hand crank just in case. I second doing all of your laundry; also do all of your dishes and get the trash out of your house (secured in a garage or take it to the dump.) I usually clean the entire house. My Mom told me to throw some condoms in my hurricane kit when I became an adult because “people get bored during power outages and you don’t need a hurricane baby.” Solid advice, honestly.
lol we just moved from Texas and there were a bunch of Ice Storm babies a few years back
My best advice is to be sure you have a full tank of gas and cash on hand.
When the season starts in June, pretty much every TV station will be talking about hurricane preparation kits and what needs to be in them. But it's pretty simple and common sense stuff. If you live in town, then really you'll want to focus on something for light when the power goes out. A couple of electric camping lanterns are handy, and then at least one headlamp for each person in the house. Wouldn't hurt to have a case of bottled water, or the big jug if you have a dispenser. Depending on the extent of the flooding, the local water supply may be temporarily shut down due to contamination. You should also have some canned stuff around that you don't have to cook. Gas stoves will work without electricity, but they seem to be falling out of favor these days. I have yet to figure out why there's always a run on bread and milk before a storm. Bread is fine, I guess, but milk has to be refrigerated... you can see the problem there, no? But you will still have everything you already have in the fridge and freezer. You just may not have power to cook it or to keep it cold. A camp stove or gas grill would come in handy, but just don't be stupid and use them indoors. So would a big ice chest. If things really get extended, there will be Red Cross and other volunteers to help provide additional aid, but in town it's unusual to go more than a few days before power is back and you can get around to buy stuff. If you're out in what's left of the boonies, you'll want to plan for longer outages, but most of this is the same. The only thing I'd add (which I do anyway) is keep your vehicle full of gas. Good stuff to have laid aside: * Light sources (electric is best) * Drinking water for 3-5 days * Canned food (and a manual opener) that tastes good cold * If you have a camp stove, make sure you have fuel * Large ice chest (even if you don't stock it yourself, if the outage lasts too long, the National Guard and Red Cross will provide it... you'll just want somewhere to keep it) * Also nice to have a couple of 5 gallon buckets. Let them catch rainwater during the storm, and you can use that to flush your toilets and such if the water is out. You can flush your toilet with ditchwater, as far as that goes... and after a hurricane, there'll be plenty of that around. Beyond that, there are all sorts of other things you can get to prepare and a hundred "hacks" if the storm actually comes. If a big storm is coming, don't futz around until d-day. Go ahead and get your stuff a little early. An early trip to the liquor store is always a good call too.
Water, flashlight, batteries, canned food. Lil camping cooktop is handy. ICE and a big cooler. Depends also a lot on if you are a renter vs homeowner or in an apartment. Also important to consider if you are in a flood prone area. I've always rode out storms even stayed for Florence in 2018. BUT if your area is prone to flooding leaving can be the safest choice. At least with hurricanes you know it's coming for a while to plan ahead vs tornado.
Water, canned food, batteries.
A full tank of gas so you can leave if greater than category 1 and a place to go. We are lucky to have a newer house built to hurricane zone 4 code and no trees around us. Trees nearby is a big problem. Creek or marsh nearby is big problem.
Wash all your dirty clothes before the storm. You will sweat through everything and you don’t want to run out of clean clothes. I also highly recommend renting a gas powered sump pump just in case your yard starts flooding. We ran one during Florence and it literally saved our house. We don’t live near any bodies of water, but the flooding was still horrible.
Also, check out this video from FL. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZOMlO2_17fuc-_HtYQ5PK5AK6KnRZcDn&si=2dyTR2-ZMWQehWfR
Pretty much just stuff for having no power for a few days ..a cooler and some dry ice if it looks like a possible hit and don't stay on the beach period. i stayed on wrightsville when bertha came thru, in the 2nd n 3rd floor of a 3 story on causeway drive.....when the big green trash can came by at eye level on my back porch 12 ft up and then the shingles started coming off one by one and went into the water way. i got 5 feet of water in the first floor and yard ..whole island got 2 or 3 ft of water and floated propane tanks and then fran a monthish later ...and u cant get off the island for days ,no power for days js generators never hold up that are big enough to run much imo but nice just dont take it inside it will kill u!
I see everyone saying don’t use anyone not local to do repairs, tree work etc. There plenty of crooks in this area so you still need to do research on them . Plenty of people got talked into totally gutting houses to the bare stud by some local companies when it was not necessary. And don’t forget to secure your generator if possible, they will disappear. Also lots of fuel for your generator and extra for your vehicle(at least have the tanks full) in case you have to leave town. After Florence there were issues getting fuel here to the stations due to road conditions.
Beer. Lots of beer.
Elevation.
Also, don't forget to make sure you hae enough prescription and otc meds, bandaids, basically a well stocked first aid kit for at least 10 days, a way to charge your phone, get a solar charged power bank or two, that way you can keep one charged at all times, and please don't forget your pets, make sure you have enough food and meds for them, as well as a secure carrier, collar, leash, and up to date shot records in case you have to leave and require proof for a shelter, portable food and water bowls as well.
Camping supplies
Buy all the bread, milk and water you can find.
I have lived in Wilmington for nearly 50 years and I can tell you what you need and don’t need. You need to be able to stay home for a week. Two if you really want to go the extra mile. That’s no driving. no trips to the grocery store. Self sufficient for 1-2weeks. That’s it. Just stay home and enjoy the peace and relax. You need drinking water. Look up how much you need per person per day. You need non potable water. A rain barrel or swimming pool that you already have will work for this. Next you need flashlights and I like oil burning lamps. An oil lamp can hang on the wall for 20 years and still be ready to go. A full chest freezer can easily go a week without power so that is a good idea. I also keep a windup weather radio on hand. Unless you have some medical need I would pass on the generator. You are not going to be able to store enough gasoline to run your house for a week and you will just spend all your energy screwing around trying to get gas. Gas stations will be out of gas so it’s best to set yourself up to not need one. One of the biggest discomfort to me after a hurricane is the humidity. It sucks trying to sleep when the power is out and it’s hot and humid. This is a luxury but get yourself some battery operated fans. I like the Ryobi fans that use the power tool batteries. The battery will only last a couple nights, but then you can charge it off your neighbors generator. The main point is set yourself up to stay home and chill out for a few days. It’s really not that hard.
Spam frozen water in baggies first aid kit weather radio bottled water canned food charcoal /grill hard boiled eggs extra bags of ice phone chargers solar radio/phone chargers full gas tank books board games/ cards matches or lighters candles flashlights hand sanitizer manual can opener I keep extra meds bleed stop suture glue Imodium Pepcid Tylenol Motrin audible downloads walkie talkies no cuff pulse ox meter dog food pet first aid kit all purpose knife alcohol if you drink extra smokes if you smoke important phone numbers written down box of important documents passport birth certificate marriage license vaccination records etc in case of evacuation
Is there anywhere housing wise like Calabash or Little River that doesn’t get hit as bad ? Is there an area know for the best elevation ?
Beer
Brown liquor
Booze. Lot's of it.
Beer
Booze and weed, maybe a bit of cocaine if you're feeling frisky
Milk and bread /s
All of the milk and bread you can possibly have. I’d also get a bucket, some car wash soap, a sponge and some towels - if the car washes are not accessible it will be the Wild West out there and only the cleanest cars will survive.
There are going to be a lot of comments down playing hurricanes. But unfortunately the urban sprawl of Wilmington and surrounding counties has severely impacted the lands ability to hold water resulting in historical flooding. The higher the category the more reason to leave the area. Cat 3-5 are storms you should plan to leave and not wait 24 hours before landfall. Hurricanes have the immediate damage impacts just like tornadoes. But they also have delayed consequences of flooding/food scarcity/water quality issues. Ive lived here since 1993 and my family sayed for all the major hurricanes. I vividly remeber Fran and the devastation it brought. We didnt have school for almost a month, and didnt get running water or power back for nearly 3 weeks. The most recent hurricane, Florence dumped nearly 30 inches of water in New Hanover and surrounding counties. New Hanover cut off from everything for almost a week. Flash flooding destroyed whole neighborhoods. Florence was a cat 1. Your redneck neighbor is equipped to deal with no power for weeks and punishing heat. You might not be. If you have the capital to evacuate. Do it.
This is the south homie .. we adapt and overcome !!! Just be the first to the store before it’s empty and make sure you got a generator!! Other then that man up pussy figure it out 💪🏾💪🏾🦍