A late (and hilarious) addition from the advice for the drenched and, often, lovelorn at my Baltimore alma mater in the wake of tropical storm Isabel: "Some precautions worth considering: If you have a flashlight, keep it handy. Keep bottled water and non-perishable food items on-hand. Don't think of driving if you can avoid it. (emphasis mine) Local road flooding may be possible, as well as high winds. If you have them, make sure your cell-phone and laptops are fully charged, although you can expect lots of annoying service disruptions if the storm is intense." Remember: Thinking of driving can be quite dangerous. Luckily, it's still not actually forbidden. Just discouraged. Stay dry, and make sure you pick up some of the good kindling this wicked storm left us.