Hurricane Winds

With Tropical Storm Karen behind us and the close of the hurricane season not officially over until November 30^th, we should all take a moment to make sure we are prepared for such a disaster.  

            On the Gulf Coast we are no stranger to hurricanes but we also are probably not prepared for them either.  While checking our hurricane preparedness over the weekend, we noticed that all of our flashlights had burned out batteries.  Arrrggg….off to get more batteries.  We are really bad about that, aren't we?  I guess we could use our phones for a while but once that charge goes out, we wouldn't be able to recharge them easily. We've considered buying a generator for years but haven’t actually done it yet.  That would be a good way to ensure you could at least power your refrigerator to keep the food from spoiling.  Here’s a quick list of must-haves from the National Hurricane Center website, in case a hurricane comes through town.

           

          Also, just a quick reminder on zip code evacuations.  The Harris County Homeland Security and Emergency Management website, contains a map of the evacuation zones by zip code.  The closer you are to the Gulf, the sooner you would need to evacuate in most cases.

          Let’s hope the remainder of Hurricane Season is very quiet and boring, but if another “Ike” decides to come our way, at least we’ll be ready!