The Somewhat Calm After the Storm and Cleanup

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OK, Your Survival Guy has his noise-canceling earphones at the ready in anticipation of the soul-sucking sound of leaf blowers howling through the neighborhoods after a five-day deluge of wind and rain. It’s almost worse than the storm.

Speaking of which, one barometer Your Survival Guy uses to measure a storm’s impact on families is the line of cars idling outside the preschool on Monday morning as tired parents wait to drop off the little terrors and peel out of the drop-off line.

The line was noticeable.

On our morning walk, there were tons of boats in the water, and based on my observations, most were safely secured to their moorings or slips.

Some towns received up to eight inches of rain. Imagine if it had snowed. Just another reminder that winter is coming.

Action Line: Are you ready for the next storm? When you want to talk about preparing your investment portfolio for trouble ahead, email me at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com. And click here to subscribe to my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter.

P.S. Nor’easters rarely happen in September, but they are much more common in later months of the year. Get yourself prepared today. Check out my post on storm prep here.

And read more about what you can do to prepare your family here:

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E.J. Smith - Your Survival Guy
E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zildjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West (RIP JB) and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com To sign up for my free monthly Survive & Thrive letter, click here.