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I agree with everyone, you did all the right things. I am proud of your situational awareness and your level headed thinking. Most men would be out trying to clear the house on their own. You remembered to stay in your safe room, and call the police. This was perfect, and if your husband gives you grief shrug it off and remind him of that one stupid thing he has done.

I would only make one suggestion. Get a land line from the phone company in your house. These are typically less then $25/mo if you get touch tone only and no other features. Make sure you have a standard phone in your bedroom that does not require a power plug or batteries to work. There are two reasons for this. First, with a cell phone you need to tell 911 your location. With the land line if all you do is dial 911 and put it down, they have your exact address and will dispatch a silent call immediately. 911 will assume you got a call off and were then being assaulted. Secondly, during times of crisis such as tornado or hurricane, often times cell service and power will be nocked out. This way you have another communication option to police, fire and ambulance.

I learned the second the hard way. I was at work in Houston with a one hour bus ride from home. I received an alert of a possible tornado in my neighborhood with my 12 and 14 year old kids at home alone. I tried to call, no answer not even the answering machine. We only had wireless home phones in the house. I now knew power was out and started to get very nervous that my house and kids were gone. The cell service in the area was also out due to the weather so I could not get them on their cell phones or get my neighbor, who also only had wireless home phones. Well now I am on the bus, mind racing and stomach churning. After 60 minutes and what I swear was 10 years of my life lost, I get home to the kids eating ice cream. That day I put two standard good old fashion phones in my house. One in their area and one in the master bedroom. This is one piece of advice I make sure I give to everyone.