Hurricane preparedness checklist 2022 was presented by Jeanine Corcoran broker for The Corcoran Connection and Kristin Macari owner of Studio Nine 13. Welcome to the 22nd episode of Discover Harmony Florida.
This week’s podcast focuses on making sure you are prepared for hurricane season. Kristin started off the podcast by announcing it is the beginning of hurricane season. She said the first hurricane of the year has been named “Alex”. Jeanine added that they name the storms in alphabetical order throughout the hurricane season.
Jeanine and Kristin were discussing the fact that Florida now has a lot of transplants and these new people to the state aren’t aware of all the things that one should be as we enter the storm season. So, they wanted to provide some tips to help keep people safe.
All of the disaster websites and kits include a list of all the links you need to include in your hurricane kit. For example, the website FloridaDisaster.org is specifically for Florida and has a checklist for hurricane season.
Jeanine stated that she can talk from experience as she has lived in Florida since 1987. Usually in Central Florida schools will be let out for a predicted hurricane day and it typically ends up being a beautiful day and so you head to the beach. This is Jeanine's usual experience since 1987.
However, in 2004 we ended up having 4 hurricanes in a row in a span of 6 weeks. Jeanine said from her experience there are a lot of things that are not on those hurricane preparedness lists that one would need going through hurricane season. She and Kristin wanted to share their list with everything in Harmony Florida.
Kristin started the list by first mentioning for those taking medication to have on hand at least a two-week supply. Next was making sure you have all your medical devices in good working order and any batteries needed for those devices. Flashlights are a must. Having a weather radio on hand is a good idea and of course, bottled water.
Jeanine said when a hurricane hits, cell phone towers are down and that means cell phones will not work. Kristin then said make sure you have all of your pet stuff ready to go in the case of a storm that shuts things down for a bit.
Kristin stated that they had no power for weeks back in 2004 when all those hurricanes hit Florida. She remembers taking a lot of cold showers. Luckily, they were not on a well because when there is no power, there is no water.
Jeanine asked Kristin if she remembered the names of the 4 hurricanes. Kristin started with “Charlie” and Jeanine added that Charlie was the worst of the 4 hurricanes and knocked down all the trees. Charlie was a category 4 and moved so fast it was crazy. Kristin said they were not prepared because everyone thought that it wouldn’t reach Central Florida and basically would end up being a lot of rain.
Kristin continued that on the heels on Charlie and being without power for a few weeks along comes hurricane Francis. Hurricane Ivan hit the panhandle area. Finally, there was hurricane Jean to wrap up the four that hit us in 2004. She said that was a really tough year for Central Floridians in terms of power loss, property damage and as a result everyone had hurricane fatigue. Kristin stated she believes it gave a lot of people anxiety over the next few years.
We hope you enjoyed the hurricane preparedness checklist 2022 that Jeanine and Kristin went over for Harmony Florida residents. If there are other topics you would like us to cover regarding Harmony, please comment below the video and we will do our best to address it on one of our upcoming podcasts.
