Wow, that is all I can say. In all reality I really didn't know how or what to do in order to prepare for a natural disaster that I have never even remotely thought that I would ever experience in my life. So the days leading up to it I was quite anxious and I think that in return it made my morning sickness a lot worse than normal. But I feel that I learned a lot from this experience and I will know what to do if anything happens in the future regarding natural disasters. Here are a few things that I learned and that I think would be helpful to remember for the future.
- Only listen to the basics when it comes to the news and media. If they say it is serious and multiple sources say it is going to be bad then prep for it. But don't listen to the news too much because it will just freak you out.
- Take info from others lightly and use your judgement with what they say. I think a lot of my anxiety came from listening to much to others. Especially when they say that so and so had this happen to them and were told this... My example for this is, either on Sunday night or Monday morning a lady in my ward said that her family were without power in a certain area and were told by the power company to expect 2 weeks without power. I kinda got freaked out a bit and in all reality I don't think I needed to.
- Look up or be familiar with emergency preparedness stuff. Look at what you can do for your OWN home and your OWN budget. Don't listen to much to what other people are doing because they are in a different area and have different needs. I felt like I needed to do so much more to prepare but in all reality I had what I needed for my own home.
- Be confident in your abilities and judgement, but not stupid. If you hear that this disaster or situation is going to be really bad by multiple people and then are issued a MANDATORY evacuation. Just do it. Don't put others in danger because you don't want to leave your home or think it isn't going to be that bad. Trust your gut, you will know if the leaders of your town-city/state/country are right. Also your not superman or any other super hero with amazing powers. Don't go against what rules there are for your area. But know that you are able to deal with stress and unknown situations. If you took the time to prepare, feel good about your preparations and don't panic.
- It is very smart to let others know what is happening around you. Even if they don't truly understand everything that is happening in your area they do worry, even if they don't voice it. Plus if something does happen then they can be there to help out.
I know there is a lot more that I learned or could think of that would be helpful in the future, but my brain feels fried. But I am glad that Skyeler and I were able to come out of this storm/hurricane with little issues. I know that it could have been so much worse for us but we were looked after. We did our part in prepping and so what we couldn't do was made up for. I am so glad that Skyeler was home through the whole ordeal. I'm sure I would have been so much more stressed out if he wasn't. You can only watch your fence sway back and forth to that extreme for so long before you just want to run for cover in you hubbies arms.
So needless to say I am very excited to come home. I really don't think Maryland likes me very much, especially when they throw tornadoes, severe windstorms, and now a hurricane my way. Hopefully nothing else will happen in the last month that I am here.
Skyeler did take a few pictures/video of the storm and I will eventually add some.
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