Don't want to scare you, but remember that the looters and criminals "stage" before hurricanes just like the Red Cross and NatGuard do. They wait just outside the storm zone and start creeping in as soon as it's over, looking for anything they can steal.

Make sure your daughter knows about this and has friends she can stay with - either at her place or theirs - so she isn't alone. Do not go out after dark. Once it's over, many people will leave the area any way they can because it's so wrecked. This makes it easier for criminals, too. Lights of any kind inside a house or apartment clearly indicate one that's occupied.

Fill up the bathtub with water, both for drinking and for flushing toilet (make sure she knows how to deal with that.) Driving will be extremely difficult because roads will be blocked by fallen trees and other debris, and even when cleared will be full of nails and stuff that will flatten your tires.

Help her if you can. Tell her to fill car with gas and use car charger for cell phone. Keep phone in "text only" mode to save battery. Keep in touch with her via text as much as you can.

Also: Local news and weather was way, way better than the drama queens on The Weather Channel who don't know the area like the locals do. And make very sure she knows where the nearest shelters are and has a way to get there once the storm is over.

Source: Rode out a Texas hurricane several years back and had to stay in the aftermath. It's not fun.

Don't want to scare you, but remember that the looters and criminals "stage" before hurricanes just like the Red Cross and NatGuard do. They wait just outside the storm zone and start creeping in as soon as it's over, looking for anything they can steal.

Make sure your daughter knows about this and has friends she can stay with - either at her place or theirs - so she isn't alone. Do not go out after dark. Once it's over, many people will leave the area any way they can because it's so wrecked. This makes it easier for criminals, too. Lights of any kind inside a house or apartment clearly indicate one that's occupied.

Fill up the bathtub with water, both for drinking and for flushing toilet (make sure she knows how to deal with that.) Driving will be extremely difficult because roads will be blocked by fallen trees and other debris, and even when cleared will be full of nails and stuff that will flatten your tires.

Help her if you can. Tell her to fill car with gas and use car charger for cell phone. Keep phone in "text only" mode to save battery. Keep in touch with her via text as much as you can.

Source: Rode out a Texas hurricane several years back and had to stay in the aftermath. It's not fun.