Archive introduction. Updated October 25, 2026. The practical guidance from this page has been consolidated into the main FloridaOATS hurricane preparedness guide.
Read Florida Hurricane Preparedness: Home, Travel, and Knowing When to Leave for the current discussion, household and travel planning, and primary source documentation.
Preparedness is care for people
The useful point in this original post was simple: belongings can be replaced; the people we love cannot. That remains the reason to prepare early and leave when necessary.
The earlier page contained empty preparation lists and promises of future resources. Those have been removed. A hurricane plan needs more than driving away from the eye. It needs a suitable destination, current local instructions, and enough time to reach safety.
The consolidated guide covers supplies, evacuation, pets, medical needs, safe water, food storage, and cooking during a power interruption. It also explains why outdoor equipment does not replace suitable hurricane shelter.
For live official information, use the National Hurricane Center and Florida emergency planning resources, together with your county’s current orders. This archive page is not a storm advisory.
Jeffrey John Fabiszewski
FloridaOATS
Put the reflection to work
Use the current household guide for seven day quantities, safe water, sanitation, heat, evacuation, and lessons from COVID. Keep the home reserve separate from the bag you carry to a safe destination. Practice the plan and follow current county instructions.
Keep learning: the Florida preparedness reading guide
Start with the household plan, then work through the practical skills. These companion articles connect FloridaOATS and Liquid Rhythm Kayaking.
- Household planning, evacuation, sanitation, and lessons from COVID
- Seven day quantities and a practical household equipment check
- Packing for evacuation and vehicle travel
- First aid supplies, prescriptions, and household illness
- Weather information, lighting, and backup power
- Safe meals when the lights go out
- A seven day pantry menu and food storage
- First aid when help is delayed
- Assessing hazards after the storm
- The limits of flame lanterns
- Using the MSR Dragonfly safely
- Fire blankets, extinguishers, and escape
- The original Hurricane Calm plan, revised
- The responsibility behind staying calm
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