By the time a named storm is in the forecast, the useful decisions have already been made or missed. Shutters either fit or they do not. The generator either starts or it does not.

A June walkthrough tests all of it while there is still time to fix it: openings, fasteners, drainage, tree work, dock lines, fuel, documentation and the order in which the property is closed.

The September version of that week is then a sequence, not an improvisation.