As I remember it, we only had about 24 hours notice that Alicia was headed straight for us. It was originally forecast to go in south of us.
My parents were out of power for two disgustingly hot and humid weeks after Alicia. It was awful. I moved into my sister's apartment with blessed window units.
Ed Mahmoud wrote:This in a tad disquieting, copied from a reply on ask the met thread and my response....
Living almost 60 miles inland, I'm not worried about a Cat 1 or below, beyond that, loss of power becomes a concern, and with rule of thumb of add a Saffir-Simpson category to official NHC forecast as a course of least regret, a Cat 1 forecast means worry of loss of power, as my wife's family in 1983 lost power for almost a week after Alicia.
I'll go do basic preps tomorrow, but short of window boarding. We have a birthday party tomorrow at a inflatable slide/rock wall climbing/pizza place, my son turns 7 on Tuesday.