Russ, you are right. I have figured that I would just buy stuff and not tell him too much. He won't be mad when he doesn't have to run to the store and fight crowds at the next sign of a storm! I forgot to mention hurricanes, but yes, we have had those too. They are rare. Usually when we get them, they are tropical storms, which can be bad enough. We've had power outages and neighbors with downed trees. When Opal reached us, she was still hurricane strength. That is remarkable because we are waaay north of the coast.