During Hurricane Ike our power only went out for four hours. Many people had no power for weeks. After a brief outage I had computer access and used it for email and blog entries.
It now turns out that some people I know from the area who were out of town or didn’t have my email address checked the blog for hurricane updates to determine whether to come home.
Thanks for checking in, folks! Glad you’re back and getting your homes back in shape. Dee
Cooking with Dee 
I have always found it best to shelter beneath a large king bed. It is always cool and dark there. If the ceiling caves in, only the humans will be squashed. If the humans try to wake up and leave without me, I’ll know. If the humans are up, I can go topside and watch TV with them or give them a needy look to get food or other services.
With Jim’s laptop, I can even surf the web from under the bed.