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2025 hurricane season begins — why you should prepare for expected ‘above average' season
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — The forecast is still quiet for now, but hurricane season is just getting started. Sunday marks the first day of the 2025 hurricane season, and from now through the end of November, everyone will be keeping a close eye on the tropics.
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'A hurricane can change everything,' Phillip Wilson, with Paris Ace Hardware in Foley, said. 'After Sally, you know, my house was without power for two weeks.'
At his store, the shelves are already stocked with all the essentials.
'It means we're having to be prepared to anticipate things that you might not normally think of throughout the rest of the year. It means having batteries. It means having other supplies on hand,' Wilson said.
This year, experts are calling for an . That has people double-checking their hurricane kits to ensure they have everything they need in case of an emergency.
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'We'll stock up on water and maybe some batteries and whatnot,' Al Mullins, a Baldwin County resident, said. 'We'll get the hurricane lanterns and all that stuff, and we have a generator.'
Once a storm is in the Gulf, stores can sell out of certain items fast. That's why it's important to stock up now.
'What people don't anticipate is how scarce supplies come. We can sell out of chainsaws in a day, and we may not be able to get any in,' Wilson said. 'We try to anticipate, we try to stock extra amounts, but you don't know if you'll even be able to drive down the street.'
'The closer the storms get, the less the big box stores are going to have supplies,' Mullins added. 'The plywood is going to disappear, the water is going to disappear.
'You don't want to wait till the last minute because you never know when you have to run.'
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When it comes to hurricanes, being ready early can make all the difference.
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