Stay indoors during a hurricane. It may seem harmless when you look out your window, or you may be getting bored sitting inside, but you never know which weakened tree or branch will fall next - and they fall fast!
Trim tree branches before the storm. Deductibles are high for hurricane damage, it's not worth reporting the tree limb that fell through your pool screen enclosure. Chances are that you will be paying for the damage yourself anyway and it could take up to a year to get repairs done.
Do laundry. Who would have thought that right here in Central Florida we could be without power for over a week? With all the other problems that are encountered during this time, who wants to be without clean underwear?
Make breakfast, lunch and dinner. As the hurricane moves closer to your area (and your area is prone to power outages) start cooking what is in the refrigerator or freezer. Hard boil eggs, bake chicken and refrigerator biscuits. Once the power was off, these items will keep for a while in the cooler and can make some great sandwiches. Save your canned goods for day 3.
How to manually open and close a garage door. This is an important lesson for kids as well. Everyone should know how to disengage the door and manually open it. Along with a power outage, this is important to know in case of a fire.
