Hurricane Survival Kits

For those of you that are normally impacted by the Atlantic hurricane season, there’s a little tropical storm, Bret, churning off the coast of Florida this morning.  It’s actually the second one of the season…the first one stayed well south and only impacted Mexico. 

While Bret  is expected to stay offshore and possibly impact only Bermuda, there is something that I have learned in my years of living on the Gulf Coast…Tropical Storms and Hurricanes do not always do what is expected!  If you don’t believe me, ask those who survived Hurricane Opal in Destin in the 90′s, or Hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, Rita…etc., in the 2000′s.  All of those storms had a forecast track that, in the very beginning, differed greatly from the ultimate area where the storm made landfall. 

So, if you’re looking at Bret, thinking that you’re safe, and the storm is going to follow that path that you see on television, on the internet, etc….maybe you need to think again.  Because if it doesn’t do what it is expected to do…you really won’t have much time to prepare. 

Get your Hurricane survival plan ready now.  Don’t wait until the threat is upon you, because then it is literally too late to prepare.