Hurricane Preparedness Blog

Just a short time after Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike made landfall, the tropics are eerily quiet.   Up until last week, it seemed as though new tropical cyclones just kept coming, and now we are once again in the calm- for now.  With over two long months left in this busy hurricane season, let’s take advantage of this quiet time, however short-lived it may be.

The latest hurricanes highlighted these facts: as a hurricane threatens, supplies diminish, lines for necessities grow longer, and when essentials sell out, the unprepared are hit the worst.  Americans couldn’t avoid the pictures and news reports of residents desperately trying to stock up on fuel, food, and other hurricane supplies both before and after Hurricanes Ike and Gustav.

Hundreds of thousands of people still remain without power in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike.   Without a generator, no power means no lights, no basic cooking, no air conditioning, no everyday life as we know it.   Take a moment to imagine what even a few days are like without electricity.  Makes you a lot more thankful for that comfort, doesn’t it?

However, if we finish preparing now, when we encounter these uncomfortable times we will have the ammunition to make them less uncomfortable.   By taking basic steps to prepare for storms, you may not have to wait for hours to purchase drinking water, or frantically evacuate without important documents or medicines that you could have placed in an evacuation kit beforehand.  Hurricanes may be part of life, but by not preparing, we can make the situation worse than it already is.

Please log on to OneStorm today to create, update, review or finish your hurricane plan.  So far it has been one busy season, and it could very well stay that way- make a pledge to finish your hurricane plan before the next named storm.

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