If you’ve lived in Baldwin County for more than a few years, you’ve got a storm story.

Maybe it was Sally in 2020, when a “just a Category 2” storm stalled over the coast and dumped more than 30 inches of rain on some areas, knocking out power to tens of thousands of residents for more than a week. Maybe it was Ivan back in 2004, a monster that reshaped the coastline and left parts of Gulf Shores without power for nearly a month.

Or maybe it was a storm nobody remembers — a glancing blow, a quick-moving tropical storm — that still managed to take your power out for three or four days in the middle of August.

That’s life on the Gulf Coast. And it’s not going to change.