house for basic power, we (along with everyone else in st. joe) went to the grocery store and got enough food to last at least a week. we bought every heated blanket and small heater they had left at target, and i slept on the couch so i would hear the storm hit. i did this for three nights. the ice never came. was all this action a waste of time or did it have value?
we don’t ever expect to have to deal with an ice storm, a flood or a tornado but when they do happen, the difference between life and death is often determined by how prepared we 