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Our news is claiming the towers (some number of them) were reinforced after Katrina - looks like they forgot to reinforce the bolts holding them down... Honestly, that's not an uncommon mistake.

That brings tears to a grown man's eyes. I am so very very sorry that was visited upon you and your birds.

Panhandle here - the tornado warnings are coming to us, watching them creep closer one county at a time - and like every time it rains more than an inch, flood warnings everywhere. Unless there are special circumstances (like living in a low spot prone to flooding next to one of the myriad...

Headaches and difficulty concentrating. Early signs of CO/CO2 poisoning. Followed by blurred vision, impaired balance/dizziness, weakness, shortness of breath. If you are lucky, you will start vomitting, so you are certain there is something wrong, not a mere combination of stress and exhaustion.

"Safety Third" If, dear reader, you don't know of what I speak? Google "Mike Rowe" + "Safety Third". You won't be disappointed.

...and actually start them. When you need them is a bad time to find your genny was filled with ethanol gas, and you have water gumming the works... At least if you start it and run it now, while you can see what you are doing, you know the carb is clear, the air filter isn't plugged, and the...

...at the risk if dragging politics in, I am at an absolute loss as to why, when FEMA and federal disaster relief step in for the underinsured/uninsured, they don't condition "total loss" payments on forfeiture of the land, so the Federal Government can hold it as a buffer against future storms...

You are absolutely correct that intensity and Direction can change at a moment's notice. Michael, which devastated the Panhandle, was supposed to be a cat one until just hours before landfall. Then it ramped up to a cat 3 overnight, people are still recovering. And the propensity for storms in...

I like cyclocane. Com as a weather source. All the models, all the forecast intensity tracks, and they usually update faster than the local news does. Sounds like you are already pushing outside things into sheltered corners when you can't tie them down. That's a good thought. Stacking things in...

7 historically, a direct cat 3 was my evacuation trigger. Strongly suggest you finish packing your go bag and get the car loaded and ready. Then take your cell phone camera or a camcorder if you still got one and go videotape everything important to you that you are leaving behind. It will help...

^^^ Correct. If you are lucky, tarps tear. If you are unlucky, they provide enough lift that things get thrown around. If you've ever used a kite on a windy day, you have some idea of what a mild to moderate wind can do with 1 sq ft of nylon or so. A weak hurricane involves winds 2-3x...

Teak gets special treatment. Love teak. Sadly not in budget.

@3KillerBs has the right of it. Take down anything you can that can act as a sail - tarps, loose pieces of plastic or metal roofing, etc. Stake down everything you can. Earth augurs work great - wire stakes do not. If you can't get these, you can wrap rope or steel cable around a cinder...