It's a bad storm to be in

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I've been listening to the news on the storm & been reading a lot of your post on your thoughts on what your going to do when it hits & all the mishaps of it. I heard some will stay, some said they'd go if they need to, some said they'll wait & see what it does I've been in some of the worst storms in my life. I'd like to put a little of my thoughts on the subject to what I would do in a case of this size of storm I would keep my eye on the storm that's brewing. I would listen to the news they talking about what it's doing & where it's heading & put my plan in place once I see it's coming my way I'd have my plain in place & bags packed & animals with enough food & water & that they will be safe if I have to leave. I would make sure my gas tank was FULL & a few extra gals to have on hand so I don't run out to get where I was going, I would leave WAY B-4 every 1 else so I wouldn't get caught in traffic & get to where I was going safe & sound & hunker down & stay put. I would go to a truck stop or a rest area with a ice chest of food & plenty of drinks & a few blankets & keep my radio on to keep track of what the storm is doing & going. Once I knew it has passed my home area & long gone I would head back home & the 1st thing I would do is check on all the animals & see how they were doing. Then check on the house & see if there's anything I need to be worried about, I wasn't worried about any flooding cause we lived on a sloped land where we didn't have any flooding & it was sloped away from the house, it' was the wind & trees I worried about. When we had trees that were uprooted I'd get them delimbed where husband could come in & get them cut down, or cut down what I could with a hand saw. If we lost power I would make sure I had plenty of ice on hand ( frozen bottled water) & put them in a ice chest that was big enough to keep things in the fridge cold. I'm talking 2 liter bottles, gal milk jugs of frozen water I had like 6 bottles on hand at all times just for this reason, cause when your in a area that's known for hurricanes you learn a lot on how to stay safe & a head of the game B-4 it hits your area to help others. So when it comes to hurricanes & bad storms think smart & get out ahead of every 1 else B-4 it hits & if you have small animals take them with you & just make sure what pets you have in outside pens make sure they will be safe & plenty of food & water for them. Take at lest 2 gals of gas & a ice chest of cold foods like lunch meat & drinks along with some blankets & what meds & paper work you'll need for ins reports. Get out a HEAD of every 1 else so you don't get caught in traffic trying to get out drive safe & in the daylight & take roads that's not heavy in a lot of traffic, just by doing this makes you smarter & keeps you safer than those that wait till the last min.