You are now entering the NO PANIC zone.
Well it looks like Tropical Storm Fay will be Hurricane Fay by tomorrow morning. That storm is going to hit somewhere along Florida's Gulf Coast on Tuesday. So today's the day to decide how seriously to take these warnings. After having seen firsthand the damage that rained down on Florida in 2004, I'd recommend that you take this seriously. However, taking a storm warning seriously is not an excuse to freak out. Rather, it's an opportunity to prepare for what all of us who live in these climes know is an inevitability. Now that we know what's out there, we can come up with some concrete plans to get us through whatever the next couple of days will bring.
First, if you're going to leave the coast; leave now. Now if you plan to stay, find out what your evac zone is. Your evacuation zone also tell you how high above sea level you are. Pinellas County has a zone finder on their website that's really handy. All you do is write in your address ans hit send. It tells you your zone and it also tells you where the closest shelters are to you. Know where they are just in case we do get hit. That website is filled with other useful information on how to prepare in the days leading up to the arrival of a hurricane. That would be now.
Again, this isn't always an excuse for a soften down. If we get spared the appearance of this hurricane, there will be lots more over the subsequent couple of weeks. Know in which your essential stuff is and recognise what you propose to do to put together for it. Get gas today. Go to the ATM and get coins today. Tell your pals and circle of relatives what your plans are. Today.
Hurricanes include the territory and this isn't news. They are a force of nature that nobody can do a factor about. Knowing that you're absolutely impotent inside the face of 1 is the important thing to defining what you may control. I can not prevent a hurricane, but I don't should sit returned and do nothing both. So step to it!