I left Texas 4.5 years ago and sense that time I have always had plenty of canned meats on hand. I rotate them out of course.
I personally have an aversion to MRE's...maybe it's because I had to eat them in the Army...maybe not.
I would buy just one box (12 each) if you really want to buy one and store up with regular food.
My home was hit 3 times by hurricanes. I lost power for 5 days on the first one. 3 days on the second and 3 days on the third. Here's a list of what I had and what was hard to find.
20 Gallons of drinking water
25 lbs of Frozen meat
40 lbs of charcoal
3 bottles of charcoal fluid
matches
4 flashlights (D-Cell) 24 extra batteries
30 or so cans of canned meat
30 cans of various vegetables
30 cans of various (fruits)
4 Cans of roasted nuts
10 lb bag of potatoes
Powdered milk
Cereal
I wished I had bought:
BREAD!! (all the stores for 20 miles were out!)
CRACKERS!! all stores were out!)
Gasoline (all stores were out or without power!!)
I really didn't even put a dent in my storage. The whole neighborhood had cookouts all the time. It was fun. We used up all of our perishable goods first. By that time the power was restored. BTW, I have a wife and three small children.
Boy I need to learn how to spell!
That's a good list...I'm good on the water, with 40 gallons.
The crackers, canned fruits, and so forth are good ideas. But frozen meat? It seems that you'd need to plan to cook it all up at once....