It reads like a modest adventure, thanks for sharing it. You didn’t mention if you had sewege and water; I’m assuming you did. If you have drinkable water, a cardboard box of dry goods and a deck of cards your all set. It sounds like you had little or no preparation at all. Honestly though, it also sounds like you didn’t need any. Your biggest beefs were AC, wasted food and bored kids.
Every American family should have a ‘disaster pack’ seperate from other supplies in a closet somewhere. If you don’t, but have 3 plans to evacute your house in case of fire, your not paying attention. It doesn’t have to be too big. 10 lbs of rice, a radio and batteries, canned goods, crackers, a pickle barrel with a lid + cat litter, fill your washer and stop it, turn off your hot water heater , and you have 20 gallons drinking, 20 gallons bathing. You can go as crazy as you want, some people do, but the minimum is easy and would sustain a room full of bored stinky people for weeks.
