i live in chesterfield, va and i have trees around my area. i realized that i am asking a dumb question. now this is going to be my first time i have been through a hurricane. what are the chances of trees hitting my apartment. since this is a weird week. earthquake and strange weather on the same day but hypothetically speaking what if my apartment is not boarded up including the other apartment buildings. is it really important to board up the windows. i live in sunrise apt and some ppl didnt board up their building. but what do i need to do. do i need to turn off my utilities or wat. i got first aid kit, food, water, batteries and flash lights. im i missing something. plz answer i kind of scared sh*tless and am i prepared. my area under tropical storm warning and flood watch and i live in theres 3 levels on my apartment. bottom MIDDLE and top. i live in the middle part. is my family prepared. first hurricane but many earthquakes and aftershocks. plz serious answers. any bs answers will be reported. like i said serious answers only. and what is being under a hurricane like.

Ok I am 13 and I am worried about the storm i live like next to the woodlands in but in harris county, texas.(we are basically on the border of harris county and montgomery…. do you think we will be ok…
we have flash lights candles, water, we are going to bord the windows, we have tons or canned food too.. do you think we will be ok?

I was just listening to Pat Robertson on You Tube. Terrorists do take advantage of political changes, 1993 (Clinton), 2001 (Bush), 2007 (New Congress?). Not a big leap to think of a terrorist attack in 2007. Kind of an anti-climax announcement.

But it did get me thinking, how many people actually prepare for a possible disaster by having a few days of food around, flash lights, medical supplies, that kind of thing. The normal Red Cross Be Prepared kind of thing.

All the "Oh my God the world is going to be destroyed by…" Nuclear war, global warming, terrorists, hurricanes, tornadoes, infestations of caterpillars, etc can leave this one alone.

I just want to know how many reasonably normal people have checked out ready.gov and have some emergency supplies around in case of a disaster.
Thanks. The ratio of real answers to silly answers tells me a lot too. Looks like if there was a major disaster any major urban center in the country things would end up a lot like they were in Louisiana. On the other hand, it kind of looks like people in rural or suburban areas might be better prepared. Kind of a common sense thing I would guess. some kind of ratio of storage space versus costs versus convince and availability, I would assume.

Thanks.