I feel your pain. Here in NC, we're 100+ miles from the ocean but a big hurricane is still a Category storm when it gets to us. I can recall a few ( Fran, Floyd, Hugo) that left it's calling card on this area. Record floods and lots of homes and trees damaged.

Fran left us without power for over a week. It's amazing how much of our modern life depends on electricity. A generator helps to make life tolerable until power is back on.

Where I live now.... out in the woods.... I don't want to see any big Cat level storms come through here. I have big trees around my house that if they fall the wrong way will no doubt do some serious damage. We removed several that were really close and leaning. the ones left are still big enough to hit the house if the fall towards it but hopefully, they are straight and strong enough to stand in the wind. And water..... got to have water. In the town, we had a huge water tank and it could supply the town for a week.... out here, we're on a well. So yep, the generator is a necessity to keep sanitation going properly and the freezer and fridge working.

Thankfully, you made it through the storms safely.

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