Keep handy the telephone numbers of these places as well as a road map of your locality. Install anchors for the plywood and predrill holes in the plywood so that you can put it up quickly. The worst part of the storm will happen once the eye passes over and the winds come from the opposite direction. Trees, shrubs, buildings, and other objects damaged by the first winds can be broken or destroyed by the second winds whose force is opposite the first winds. Be alert for tornadoes.
Tornadoes can happen during and after a hurricane passes over.
If you come upon a flooded road, turn around and go another way. If waters are rising rapidly around you, get out of the car and climb to higher ground. After a Hurricane Is Over - Listen to NOAA Weather Radio or local radio or TV stations for instructions. Plan and Get Ready Hurricanes are most threatening to residents along our nation's coastlines. But such fierce storms also have been known to build up enough momentum to carry their destructive winds inland for hundreds of miles.