Writing Prompt: Before the Storm

There are two courses of action I've heard the most from these days before the impending hurricane here in the northeast.  One school is all about water, milk, eggs, rice, prepared foods.  The other is wine, beer, cheese, baguette, DVDs, tortilla chips.  There's also me on a 24' ladder cleaning out the gutters that I haven't cleared in like two years, now that we might get ten inches of rain in one day.

So think about different types of people and what might be the most important things for them to take care of days before a possible hurricane.  Come up with something that is really uncommon or a person who's need is really unique.  Write up a description of their preparations through a day about two days before the hurricane "might" hit the area.  If you want to take this further, write about the day of the hurricane -- did it actually hit locally, or maybe it was a big bust and never came.  How did the preparations and the desperate need play into the results.