Severe Weather Preparedness

Severe Weather Preparedness is a serious topic...I will cover this topic in a sorta serious manner. Anybody that lives on the coast of the Atlantic seaboard or Gulf Coast knows all too well the damage a Hurricane or Tropical Storm can do. Personally, I hate those things. Growing up in the Gulf Coast region, we experienced a hurricane virtually every year. The year that Katrina hit, we also had Dennis, and prior to that, Ivan...which by the way is a great name for a storm. The Eastern 4-H Center makes preparations to secure our property, landmarks, facilities, and picnic tables.

You, too, should prepare for storms by following the great tips at this website (Click here).

Now, once you have taken all of that into consideration, please take these steps to make your day(s) without power more bearable:

Charge your computer or portable DVD player...watch movies like "Twister", "The Day After Tomorrow", "The Perfect Storm", and "Outbreak." This type of personal development will have you itchin' to go once everything goes haywire.

Stock up on canned foods that you will actually eat..."Chef Boyardee's Nacho Cheese Twistaroni", "Texas Pete Hot Dog Chili", "Vienna Sausages", mandarin oranges, and sweetened condensed milk...these items will make you want to hunker down in a room with no windows...who wants to be caught eating and enjoying these things?

Buy a box of trashbags and a roll of duct tape...you can put on a "Trashion Show" of waterproof apparell.

Find some "bored" games...these are the best... Games like "Hungy, Hungry Hippos" and "Operation" will leave you prepared for the aftermath of the storm. Play "Clue", but substitute pictures of your friends and family members.

Resist the temptation to let animals into your house "two-by-two".

By an air horn...make your own tornado siren with this...you can also wake up family members trying to sleep through the storm.

Do keep in ice chest full of ice...this way you can make sno-cones when the air conditioner isn't working.

Collect rainwater (not from the gutter) and wash your hair...you don't want to be that guy or girl with greasy hair that gets interviewed on television in the wake of the storm.

Give the Hurricane a new name...name it after an arch enemy.

These are my Top 10 Lamest Hurricane names ever:

10) FiFi ... yeah really...that's a cat's name!
09) Cleo...are you serious?
08) Jig...that's not even a name!
07) Agnes...what a terrible name for a storm...
06) Irma...who wants to be destroyed by Irma?
05) Nana...good what to frighten the grandkids...
04) Item...really generic..
03) Hope...this was the inspirational hurricane
02) Hortense...this name was given to a nerdy hurricane...
01)Flossie...what a stupid name!

Some hurricanes get good names...Hurricane King, was the best named storm, ever.

Nevertheless, hurricanes are a serious deal...always be prepared by stocking up with usabe things that can keep you safe, fed, and occupied indoors. As hurricanes begin to increase this summer and fall, always stay up-to-date with the latest advisories...hurrican parties on no the way to go , as one of my friends in Fairhope, Alabama found out...she watched the roof blow all the way off of her house, only to extinguish the candles they had arrogantly placed on their "hurricane cake". Mother Nature is spectacular, even when she is angry...

Enjoy the day...