[dillywho]

Also, be sure you have plenty of your prescription meds on hand because it's not safe to be out even if you can find an open pharmacy. Be sure your car tank is full and you have a little cash, because in the case of power outages, ATMs and gas pumps don't work. That's one advantage to having our utilities underground, though; as long as they can get the feeder stations back on line, the outages are usually not that long. In 2004, when we first moved here, I think ours was out during one storm around 12 hours.

We may be inland and not really subject to direct hits from the hurricanes, but hurricanes do spawn tornadoes everywhere. I come from tornado country and that's what really scares me. At least with hurricanes, you get lots of warning. Not so with tornadoes.