Why Have A Hurricane Preparedness Plan?

(credit: Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz)

DISCUSSION: ?As we get deeper into the 2018 Tropical Atlantic and Tropical Central/Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons, there is always a question which everyone living in or near a coastal area develops soon into the Spring and Summer-time. This heavily-weighted question is if he or she will get struck by a powerful hurricane during that given season. It is a question which plagues many millions of people every year in towns and cities from around the globe. This is certainly not an easy question to answer, but there are many things one can do well ahead of their respective hurricane season to be ready if the time should come that such a situation comes to fruition.

As opposed to taking a more relaxed approach and waiting until an imminent tropical cyclone threat develops, it is always better and much more practical to have a plan in place and at the ready. This is because if you opt to hold off and wait until the worst situation comes to life for your area, this can have terrible consequences on the relative safety of the developing situation. Thus, by having a safety kit and a solid safety plan in place, a person or family will not have to scramble and panic just before a tropical storm impacts their area.  Moreover, since many tropical storms will undergo unexpected last-minute changes in forward position, this makes the value of a great hurricane evacuation and safety plan that much more important, so you can always be one step ahead of the storm.

Therefore, as we head deeper into the 2018 Tropical Atlantic and Tropical Central/Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons, take this into consideration as you plan for potential tropical storm threats, so you can catch the storm and the storm does not catch you.

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© 2018 Meteorologist Jordan Rabinowitz