Living in a hurricane-prone state, we felt it necessary to have a weather alert radio - for the most part it is handy, but at times can go off constantly when we are getting tropical weather. I have “Turn Around, Don’t Drown” on the rear of my car since it was a former Florida Highway Patrol car - apparently the FHP ran those stickers on their patrol cars for a while. We always have people who think that the water is not “that deep” on the streets and try to drive through and get into trouble as a result. I would suggest getting a programmable alert radio - it would not hurt. Sorry to hear about the devastation - I am more afraid of tornados than hurricanes - we get tornados in the regular summer weather patterns here in Florida.