Hurricane experiences of years past

Or worst comes to worst, just eat the coffee beans.

Don't underestimate your caffeine addiction! If you drink several cups of coffee per day, you will feel awful if you are deprived, so, good idea to have a jar of instant coffee in your house if riding it out. It will do the trick and can be prepared without electricity.

I've stocked up on Starbucks canned coffee drinks. Beats nothing in an emergency, and it will be an emergency if I can't make coffee.

I feel like we shouldn't come down and add to traffic and shortages. We are scheduled for next week. If your part of the state is safe and it 'just' rains next week, we can eat out all week and watch the waves from a shelter. Very minor problem for us.
Thinking of so many people impacted from TX and LA recently, to now Florida, GA, SC, VA....
So sorry.....
Ellen

Having talked to several people that were here for Eloise in 1975, a large portion of Santa Rosa Beach north of Hwy 98 (i.e. Santa Rosa Plantation) was under several feet of water from the Bay.

This would be true. There was 18 inches of water in my parents' house. This was true for Opal as well. Of course, my dad built that part of our home with that possibility in mind. We didn't have what you would call "fine" furnishings anyway, but certainly anything that couldn't be replaced was put on a very high shelf if a storm was coming.