I wasn’t sure where to classify this…

I said worse case scenario. Please understand  I was not referring to your shingles; I meant losing the entire roof down to the rafter. 

And you are correct; storms miss most people. But you cannot prepare after the storm.

I hate to sound too cynical, but a cat two; who cares unless you live in a mobile home? It's a cat 3 and above. In Tennesse where I now live, we're had remnants of of hurricane wash out the interstate between Tennessee and North Carolina merely from the rain .It looks months to repair. And those trees are not your friend; for as you have noted they fall on houses. Distance from the storm is your friend.

Standing your ground is great... if you are prepared. But please do three things; get more water, realize trees do not break up 150 mile per hour winds and you are in Alabama, not California. Like Florida, the rules are different.

Good luck.

Mike

@ebm , just trading survival notes without going off into deep end of the pool....

We will return to the regularly scheduled postings soon enough... ;)

@allenf1963 , thanks for the invite.  When I might get around to taking up on that is another moving target among many, since the business still takes priority.  Spouse is making moves to 'retire' me from the day2day, but there's aspects of my 'talents' that are still hard to replace currently.  Mind melds were never one of those... *G*

However, if the mountains call to you, feel free to roll up hill and pay a visit.  Can't say I'll create a sea change re audiophilia but there's more quaint breweries in AVL than any one human can withstand in a weekend. *L*

Half mile off 40, wrong side of the tracks from the Biltmore...and yes, we've done work for them....commercially and residentially.... *S*

So far, no 'canes in our time here.  The occasional flood events from heavy rains is another thing, but withstood enough back in HOU to be hip to what Not to do...

Always one idiot that'll drive into high water.  I did once after watching a Toy p/u plow through some....no rational reason why an engineer would put the air intake for the carbs low in the chassis, but they did.... 😖

Best advice for now: Check your insurance policy, and be of a mind to hold a huge BBQ if the freezer fails.  SOP in HOU when all went south....or came from it. ;)

Cheers, and back into Monday mode, J

@maverick3n1 ...uh, duck?

Watching a line approach....

I watch NOAA a lot.... *s*

As you suggested, I will get more water.  It’s cheap, easy to store, and a lot better to get now than to try and get after a disaster.  Thanks for the advice!

Another quick question.  When hooking up a portable generator with a bonded neutral, should the service transfer switch for the sub panel I plan to power, include just the two hots and neutral, but use the house’s ground, or should I also transfer the ground to the generator?  If I do so, how will this effect any GFI protected circuits that may be on this sub panel?