Ok, I am in front of the weather channel waiting for the update. Thought I would post some reminders.
Fill your bathtub with water, make sure the water holds, you can buy putty to plug it better. If electricity goes out and water systems are not working you can use the water to flush toilets and for bathing.
Fill your car gas tank. Pumps don’t work when the electricity is out.
Get some cash. If satelites are down stores will not take credit cards. Banks might be closed. ATM’s will run out of cash if people are advised not to be out after the storm comes through.
Fill your prescriptions, pharmacies might be closed after the storms and deliveries delayed.
Emergency workers do not go out in sustained winds 40MPH + during a storm. If you are pregnant and near your due date consider staying the night at the hospital. Barometric prsssure during the storm can trigger labor.
Have a few gallons of drinking water per person in the household.
A couple of flashlights. Battery operated radio or hand crank. (I have a hand crank radio/flashlight amd it is awesome). If you use candles always be in the room they are lit. Best to get a hurricane candle, candle down inside of glass. Do NOT use any candles during the winds.
Remember if the eye travels over your area, the backside of the eye is the most dangerous time. The front side the winds built up over time. The back side of the eye you go from perfect stillness amd clear skies to hurricane force winds. Don’t be outside during the eye. If you cheat and go outside be inside way before the threat of the backside is to come through.
The safest place is interior rooms, lowest floor. In apartments consider going into the hallways. If the winds are very strong.