A State of Emergency has been declared for South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia
as soon to be Hurricane Florence churns in the Atlantic. it is forecast to reach the US East Coast
Meanwhile there are three Tropical Storms in the Atlantic. Helene's looks like a fish storm and Isaac will come through the Caribbean. Florence and Isaac could influence one another. Next week will be a mess for many of us islanders
and 'coasties'.
Trim those trees, stock up and batten down folks.
Let's hear your must have hurricane prep kits.
Remember you can keep eggs in salt for weeks.
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Better them than those huge flying palmetto bugs. 
We take a lot of things for granted. 
That's how most impacted by long-term power outages cook. Whether propane or charcoal briquets (or campfire/open pit)!
You just have to make sure you have something to light it with (lighter, matches, etc).
Where one of my sisters lives, the power goes out constantly (and moreso across the street from her) because when their houses were built in the '50s, the electric lines were run through and under trees so they were "hidden" and thus wouldn't mar the "aesthetic view". The trees eventually grew to become "woods". Thus any strong wind gusts or storms took the lines down - despite the electric company pruning tree branches and whatnot.
Thus the bbq grills came out and all that "$14.99 steak" was grilled up and dished out to the family and neighbors (and the rest was stored already-cooked in ice chests).
The original point was, why worry about storing cheap eggs if you don't have the means to cook them without a hassle? "Two over easy" is a pain when you have to light the coals and wait for them to be ready, especially at 7:30 in the a.m. Obviously, propane is better, but not everyone has that available.
I think I've already had to put too much thought into this than necessary! 
We used to make those "portable stoves" out of a big juice can (like the old Hi-C cans) with one end cut off and a slot cut next to the open side, and then stuck a small tuna can with a cardboard spiraled inside with wax poured over it, under that and lit it.
Kindof looked like this -
I keep a flint/magnesium starters in my car.
and one of my sisters was an assistant Junior Sout Leader when my niece was in the scouts.
I bet it toughened you up though!
High up high on the mountain we founded our chalet.
Its sloping roof and wide shall shelter us without a care.
And each Girl Scout and Guide will find a shelter there.
(earworm now...lol)
Yup know about the "Girl Guides" and it is a great experience that youngsters will always have for life.
Be Prepared - hence my obsession with tropical weather from June to November.
along with "Bless the child that has his own".
and I most certainly paid "rent" as long as I was there! That's the type of advice you pass on to the next generation.
(and OT but you got me googling "Corn soup". OH MY!!! Will be added to my repertoire since I like making corn chowder and have cans of coconut milk too for when I do some Thai cooking)
graduated from college in Massachusetts, and had Aunt/uncle/cousins who lived in NH (we used to up there every summer in the late '60s/early '70s). And yes, I have had my fill of lobster enough that I got sick of it. 
However your posts kept ignoring the suggestions of portable cooking that people have on hand whether for regular bbqing or for emergency use and the fact that some households use quite a bit of eggs for everyday use and for baking, etc. So "discarding" is really unnecessary if you have a cheap way to store them until you cook them. I thought that was an interesting tip.
Have been up since 4:30 am.
My BIL always keeps 25lbs of charcoal for whatever circumstance and yes, they have done the neighborhood cookout during power outages.
And see, you talking jerk chicken and got me hungry. I found me a new place a couple days ago not far from where I live that makes it so need to get over there and get me a platter of it or maybe some curried goat.
Ain't nuthin' like the real thing.
But I know the water is warm as hell off the east coast too. 
Except these were mostly coming off the west coast of Africa whereas last year, a few formed in the western Atlantic or the GOM.
GOES-EAST (GOES-16) image of Florence -
As of last night it was like this (and is similar this morning) -
But then "out to sea" usually means it slams into Europe. But Isaac is going to be the one to plow through the Caribbean (and malaise is monitoring).
Isaac as of last night (and similar this morning) -
I know some of the islands there haven't or have barely recovered from 2017 when Irma, Jose and Maria barreled through and we know about the ongoing issues of Puerto Rico.
Hell, I'm in Philly and am starting to mentally plan what to do with my outside potted trees and tropicals. There has already been so much rain this summer that if this thing did come into the east coast, the concern might be for even more rain, let alone wind. And the coastline will be torn up to boot.
I remember when Isabel blew through and took down all kinds of trees here. Same with Irene and Sandy. The street I used to live on had 10 large old sycamores as street trees over a 2 block area and all of them were gone after Irene and Sandy (6 of them had pancaked down the row during Irene and the other 4 fell over during Sandy).
And you know who'll leave the swamp quick fast and in a hurry and make a new one somewhere else.
The Euro Model has it making landfall on the SC/NC border.
It stalls inland and then moves slowly north toward DC by next weekend.
3 hour rainfall rates 1-3 inches and hour.
Lots of flooding
Stay safe everyone. 
