How to Prepare for a Hurricane

1. Wash all of your clothes. Especially the icky ones you'd wear to work in the yard.
2. Take a shower. Shave while you have hot water. Trust me. 
3. Make sure your yard is fly-and-hit-the-house/car proof.
4. Don't go to the store and buy ridiculous amounts of water and bread like the rest. You'll never eat it all anyway.
5. Eat the meat or other perishables in your fridge before the power goes out. Waste not.
6. Make sure you have plenty of books, magazines, and other non-electric forms of entertainment.
7. Charge your electronics. They'll eventually die but its nice while it lasts. 
8. Board up the large windows of your house. But not the small ones. Natural light is a great thing.
9. Make sure you have all your meds. Including lots of tension headache. You'll be tense. Fact.
10. Start mentally preparing yourself for having to do yard work. Your mom will make you. It is just how this family works.
11. Comfort those who have never been in a hurricane. The news makes it seem much scarier than it really is. Just imagine that the hurricane is a snow/sand/rain storm or earthquake depending on what region of the country you're from. Its just part of life.
12. Enjoy the AC. You'll miss it once its gone.
13. Once everyone has showered fill the tub with water. Not for drinking but for toilet flushing. Important.
14. Try to have an art project to work on while waiting for the storm to end. After a while reading/playing scrabble gets old.
15. Don't freak out. There is nothing you can do to stop the weather. If your house gets it by a flying cow no amount of stress would have stopped it. (Wait... is that tornado?)

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