I am glad you are okay. I have friends inland Mississippi, we were shocked at their damage. I learned 20 years ago to wash all my dirty clothes before the hurricane. When Ivan was coming, family members evacuated to our inland house. He is in the Natl. Guard, and they brought everything and more, stuff I would never have thought of. So I made a list! And when Dennis made landfall one mile down the shore from my house, I was nowhere around, but evacuated inland, with my long list of stuff. We actually prepared the inland house ahead of time, stocked it up. I think people truly have to go through it to understand the basic hurricane preparation guidelines ARE just basic; if it is a bad storm that is a different story. Hope you are able to get back on your feet soon.
