Bit of advice from SE LA-and someone whose been through too many major hurricanes and evacuations to remember-
CELL TOWERS go down first. You will have no cell phones. If you have a land line, plug in a regular phone. People are so dependent on cells, and have come to consider land line phones so ‘old fashioned’ that they will be helpless without their cells.
No power-no cell phones. Charge everything to the max-phones and laptops. Buy batteries. Hot and dark is real misery after a storm-and it could take a long time to restore power.
All electric homes also mean no way to cook. Cook now, freeze it. Lots of ice! Take care of pets! Stay safe!
Very good advice from the voice of experience! Thank you.
Excellent advice! Use the phones that don’t plug in though, because the ones that have the caller id and other such features don’t work. Get a plain old fashioned phone and use it.