During the 2006 Atlantic tropical hurricane season there will no doubt be many mandatory evacuations required by law in the great state of Florida and along the Gulf Coast of the United States of America. For those that fail to evacuate or decide to have hurricane parties it behooves you to consider your medication requirements.

If you are taking prescription drugs then you need at least a four-week supply if you decide to wait out the hurricane. Even small hurricanes can bring lots of precipitation and flooding and roads, power and even water supplies may be out for weeks. This means you will be stranded without food or water and therefore you will need supplies. But just because you have adequate food supplies does not mean you're okay if you take medication, because all the pharmacies will be closed there will be no way to get help to you.

Be sure to ask your doctor to give you enough prescription supplies to last you thru a three to four-week period that you may have. If you decide to violate the law and shun your responsibility you need to think ahead here. If you have medication, which is keeping you live or keeping you from severe illness you must have the supplies available to take during any catastrophic or major storm, which may or may not hit your region. Plan ahead and don't be dead. Consider this in 2006.

Lance Winslow

Currently Lance is retired at age 40 and is running an Online Think Tank Forum while traveling North America. Perhaps considering something extremely challenging to do that will exercise his mind and utilize all his experiences, observations and skills. Any ideas?