During catastrophic hurricane seasons like the one that is expected during the 2006 Atlantic tropical hurricane season there will be power outages and stores will be closed. With the power out it is harder to cook your food and therefore harder to give nutritional value you need and eat the right foods to keep you healthy and in shape.

It is extremely important that you eat right, take vitamins and help your body with proper water and food to get you through the rebuilding time period when the power and water is out after a major Hurricane. Eating right is extremely difficult when you are rationing your food to make it through a three to four-week period if you decide to stay and wait out the hurricane during mandatory evacuation requirements.

Sometimes power is not even put back in service for six weeks. Your health and your nutrition is your responsibility and in this scenario you cannot expect anyone to help you out and without a disaster preparedness plan if you live in the hurricane zone you could be SOL.

We watched after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, when people were not ready or prepared and chaos ensued. You need to be careful not to become a victim of a natural disaster and you must maintain your health during these periods of power outages. Consider this and 2006.