This Happened to Me
Riding Out the Storm
I thought I was prepped but I wasn’t prepared.
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Living in Florida presents some unusual challenges for those of us in the crosshairs of climate change. Sea level rises, tornadoes, sinkholes that can swallow houses, flesh eating bacteria, tropical diseases including brain eating amoebae, dengue and the West Nile virus all make our daily lives — interesting.
But the hurricanes are the worst.
I’ve lived here for more than a decade and I’ve compiled list after list of tips and things to do to survive the tropical storms that roll up against our coastlines, like bowling balls destined to smash everything in their paths.
Yet, I find that there are always more things I can add to the lists after every hurricane. I have a few more that might be helpful. I picked these up right before, during and after Hurricane Milton. I’ll share them with you because you never know...
Batteries.
You’d think batteries would be easy to find in the many stores we have access to in our city. And for the most part, that’s right. Before a storm you can find any size battery you want except D sized batteries.
