What Your House Needs for the First 72 Hours After the Storm (Abuela's Way)

Hurricane season does not send an invitation, and the homes that ride it out most calmly are the ones that got ready in the quiet weeks. Doña Carmen walks through the same routine her kitchen has always kept: how much water a family actually needs, why the bathtub gets filled before the wind picks up, which pantry foods carry a house through closed stores, and the small errands that are easy now and miserable later. This episode builds the whole household system in order. It covers one gallon per person per day for at least three days, a rolling pantry with foods the family already eats, the four-hour refrigerator rule and what a full freezer buys you, why the generator never comes inside and what carbon monoxide does silently, battery light over candles, the folder of papers and medicine that travels with you, the go bag by the door, and the taped-window mistake that makes glass more dangerous, not less. In this video: Giving the season a date before the store rush The water plan: a gallon a day and the filled tub A working pantry that feeds the house Fridge and freezer rules during an outage Generator distance and carbon monoxide safety Papers, medication, and cash in small bills The go bag, the evacuation zone, and the taped-window mistake Boil-water advisories and the first seventy-two hours Which part of the routine does your household already keep: the water, the pantry, or the papers?