Yeah I think they are. I dug out all of our flashlights and stuff. Thank Goodness that we have a gas stove at this house. We'll be able to stay here if there is an outage. Last year that wasn't about to happen. I really hope it's nothing like last year. Jacksonville which is like 40 miles away has had some parts without power since Sunday. I tell ya what... if it's really bad there you and your family can come down here with us.