Village Voices - We don't write papers, we build scrapbooks

Being prepared is one thing, being in all out panic is something else.

Around these parts when a big snowstorm is coming people go to the store and buy groceries, they top off their gas tanks, bring a little extra wood up to the back porch, and then brace themselves. If you miss the weather forecast and happen to be in town the day before a storm hits, you can tell by all the extra traffic and hubbub that something is about to go down.

Hurricanes are a different story. My wife and I were in Florida last month when hurricane Dorian was being projected to cut across the entire state. In the...