Our neighborhood also gets really dark at night with no electricity. It is a funny thing.
Having enough weapons and ammunition really help the stress caused by bumps in the night.
Living one county from the coastline is priceless.
Fences and gates don't like high winds. In fact, my metal gate didn't like the storm either.
My house is stronger than I thought although it really likes to creak under 90 mph winds.
It is better to not have power and live on a generator than to regain power and then lose it a few hours later after you packed up the extension cords.
I will own a window unit before the next storm as sleeping on the living room floor with wife, 2 kids and 2 cats is not my idea of fun.
Cell phones are completely unreliable except for text messages.
Having statewide conference calls for your state agency on your cell phone gets expensive (I hope they reimburse me.).
It is hard to explain to Austin that restoring power to a mandatory evacuation county does not equal "time to reopen."
Don't let anyone change your office's SOP for storms during the storm just because someone wants to issue a press release.
The cone of uncertainty is your friend. Explaining the cone to Austin is impossible. Every storm in Austin comes with a straight line and a steering wheel. Unfortunately, every storm outside of Austin seems to include Beaumont/Port Arthur in the cone.
4 named storms in one calendar year adds a lot of new bookmarks to your web browser. ;)
Hurrication is nice as long as something happens when you flip a light switch. If nothing happens, hurrication is overrated.