Hurricane Florence Evacuation
My niece is living in her TT in the New Bern area of North Carolina. She wants to pull her TT out and head in-land until the hurricane passes. We will go down and tow her TT and put her Harley in th...
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The Tarboro area has been significantly flooded in the past. My son was once married to a girl from that area. Heavy hurricane driven rains as far away as the area north of Raleigh-Durham could flood out the Tar River.
50 miles inland should mitigate any wind damage, if you can find an area with no tall trees around. But flooding 300 miles from the coming ashore point can cause deaths in damage.
In 1969 Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast with 175 mph winds. 143 people died as a result of the storm in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana on Aug 18, 1969. The evening/ night of Aug 19-20 - the storm dropped rains on West Virginia and mainly central Virginia. 153 people died in the flooding in and around Nelson County, Virginia.
Distance from landfall might mitigate wind damage. But make sure anyplace your evacuate her to is safe from possible flooding. That is always the more dangerous impact from a hurricane.
50 miles inland should mitigate any wind damage, if you can find an area with no tall trees around. But flooding 300 miles from the coming ashore point can cause deaths in damage.
In 1969 Hurricane Camille hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast with 175 mph winds. 143 people died as a result of the storm in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana on Aug 18, 1969. The evening/ night of Aug 19-20 - the storm dropped rains on West Virginia and mainly central Virginia. 153 people died in the flooding in and around Nelson County, Virginia.
Distance from landfall might mitigate wind damage. But make sure anyplace your evacuate her to is safe from possible flooding. That is always the more dangerous impact from a hurricane.
