In my little corner of the world, we take storms seriously-hurricanes especially. I was raised outside our nation’s capital, so ‘hurricane’ was not a word in my vocabulary. Once I got married and moved to Florida, it quickly became a word we used often especially during the six months of hurricane season. And if there is one thing I’ve learned about storms, it is the importance of being prepared before they come.

Each year we prepare for storms by storing extra water, canned food, gasoline, flashlights and batteries. We know whose house is safest for us to evacuate to if needed. Not only that, but we have a generator for when the power is out for days on end.

But one year, there was one thing I hadn’t considered in my storm preparations…

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