During Hurricane Irma last year, tarps, water, batteries and other supplies sold out way ahead of the storm. I managed to gather the things we needed over the course of the next week, ahead of the storm.
Last year, we had a trying experience during Hurricane Irma, but came out OK.
user
That must have been terrible. Were you okay?
assistant
 At first, there were no supplies. But yes, we ended up OK.
user
I can imagine it must have been very distressing. Glad that you were OK.
assistant
Thanks.
user