I would like to direct everyones attention to the May 2006 issue of The Woodlands Community Magazine. I found some interesting things in an article on page 8. The article provides information about preparing for a hurricane. For those that have already disposed of this publication, ask your neighbors to check their recycle bins or bathrooms for a copy.
I am so glad the author pointed out what a hurricane is…that was very helpful. I think that was done for the author’s own benefit since he hails from a land locked state that is located just a few hundred miles from the geographical center of the United States. My guess is he has probably never encountered a hurricane except on the Weather Channel. I was shocked to learn that a hurricane can produce torrential rains, high winds and storm surges! Who would have realized that? Now that I have been made aware of those facts, I can appropriately prepare for this years hurricane season for the first time in my 39 years of living on the Gulf Coast. This just proves the fact that sometimes you need an outsider with no experience to point these things out.
The article included lists of things to do before, during and after a hurricane. Even though the preparation lists were quite comprehensive, I have a few additional considerations that should be made.
- once your fuel supply is exhausted, make sure to throw your pet out the window when it dies from heat exhaustion after sitting in the evacuation traffic jam for 12 hours with outside temperatures approaching 100 degrees.
- Leaving humans dead alongside the road is frowned upon.
- Remember that Montgomery County is considered a “pass through” county, not a sheltering county. This means that no one from the evacuation areas may take shelter in this pass through county. As for the sick and elderly who need immediate attention due to the heat and other life endangering conditions, sorry. All we can suggest is that you get through our pass through county as fast as possible (i.e. you are not allowed to expire in a pass through county).
- Make sure you do not reveal the locations of the “leadership” shelters or the fact that they even exist.
- Make sure you carry along all of your firearms during the evacuation. This will make for more interesting looting once you have run out of gas and get bored and/or desperate.
Feel free to add your own list in the comment section. 
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