Category: Hurricane Season

Before June 1: 10 Things Baldwin County Homeowners Should Do to Prepare for Hurricane Season

If you live in Baldwin County, you already know the drill. The wind picks up, the sky turns green, and suddenly every hardware store from Daphne to Gulf Shores is sold out of batteries, water, and generators.

This year, don’t be caught scrambling.

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1, and while forecasters are projecting some uncertainty in storm activity, emergency managers up and down the Gulf Coast are consistent on one thing: the time to prepare is before you see the cone on the map.

Here are 10 things — many of them less obvious — that Baldwin County homeowners should do right now.

Why Baldwin County Loses Power Harder Than Almost Anywhere Else in America

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.