Jay,<br><br>Cool, another newie to compare hurricane preps with! I've been living in the Houston, Texas area for six years now and hurricanes are high on my threat list. One thing I've learned though is that tropical depression powered storms can be even worse. I got to see first hand a bunch of 18-wheelers tossed like toys on I-10 when "Allison" came through last year. The flooding seemed almost biblical at the time...<br><br> -Mark (who recently learned to keep Midol in his PSK!)