Although I live in Upstate South Carolina I was disturbed by the first ever tropical storm warning issued for the state of Georgia and the realization that Tennessee would get what may have been their first hit by a tropical depression.
I have had experience surviving here without electricity for an extended period of time and in the hottest part of the hottest summer that we have experienced in a long time so eating without luxury or even preparation for an outage was already in my survival box of skills.
I ate a little along of non-salted salteen crackers (not my personal choice but they sufficed) and I grabbed a bowl of cereal and milk not to waste it before it spoiled and then munched on some cheese. Always use the diary up. I like to get rid of the milk no longer than 12 hours into the outage and next the cheese by day 2 1/2. Yogurt doesn't keep over a few hours so that is never a good choice. Cheese and bread, also drinks like Kool-aid and tea won't keep over 12 hours and usually spoil. Gatorade, on the other hand will keep for days without molding or spoiling. Canned food in heat will go bad in a few hours also and can poison you.
I like to keep potato chips, peanut butter, crackers, snack cakes like oatmeal cream pies and moon pies do great. Canned or bottled sodas also do great.
Charcoal and lighter fluid are fantastic if you have access to unspoiled food. Tinfoil hats (haha) is a lifesaver cooking on the grill. But if you don't have one you can still survive.
Sliced cheese and blocked cheese, peanut butter, and crackers will sustain you more than you think. Use the 2 1/2 days rule on any cheese, though.
I may update this post later on.
To joy! Angie
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