"Mobile homes" flipped
Appreciate the coverage, though calling 5th wheels and Travel trailers "mobile homes" is a bit off. RV Park Video
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Yes, easy for those "commandos ". I am a native of the discussed area. Went through the Rita evac. Never again. 18 hours from Houston to San Antonio. Normally a leisurely 3hr drive. Saw a lot of meanness and folks trying to prey on others.
Saw folks with utility trailers loaded with big screen TVs and one small cooler with beer and soda. Most of the 3 million here are clueless about survival/evac items.
I left with family with food, pioneer tools, diesel, gasoline,water, ways to purify water, first aid and emergency medical supplies, etc, etc. I did not own a RV at that time.
Those that were stuck with their beer and big screens wanted my water, food, gas. Traffic was moving at 1 to 2 mph on average. Some folks were stuck on the interstate highways for 8 hrs straight without moving an inch. They ran out of gas on the road.
They left with no provisions. They had no experience or knowledge of how bad it could get and expected the government or others to provide for them.
My wife and I altered our rules after that.
We will stay for a Cat 2 storm. If there is a hint that it will be a cat 3 and hit within 100 miles of us. We will leave. That means we will leave up to a week before land fall. It means a good chance that I will leave for nothing because it will probably miss us.
Life changes though. MIL lives with us now. I travel for work. Away from home all the time with a visit every 3-6 months. MIL unable to travel. Health prevents nothing more than a trip to doctor. That 10 mile trip is an all day ordeal.
S&B is in an area that I know has no record of flooding in the last 100 years. We stock food,water, other supplies during the off hurricane season. Before season starts we check generators, store 100 gallons of gas in the separate storage area. Gas is prepared for long term storage.
Battery stockpiles are updated with fresh items. Documents and evac items are always ready to grab and go.
This is not easy or cheap. I afford it because I we do not go out every weekend for dinners and movies. We choose to allocate our disposable income to be ready for a downturn instead of on entertainment. I guess we are ants instead of grasshoppers.
I am a native of this area. I know what to do and if I need to leave an area fast then that Rv may just get left behind. I use hurricane Humberto as an example. It was a TD in the morning. Weather service said worst case a TS by late night. Landfall during the night. Was not supposed to do anything. Was 90 miles south of RV as a TD. Went to bed at 9pm it was a TD.
Woke up at 2AM with RV rocking hard. 90mph winds and eye of hurricane 12 miles south of RV. I was stuck and had to ride it out.
By time they know where it will really go it is almost too late to leave.
If I was going into snow country I would talk to a native from that area. Not a person from the city's in New England area that depend on the government to tell them what to do.
Saw folks with utility trailers loaded with big screen TVs and one small cooler with beer and soda. Most of the 3 million here are clueless about survival/evac items.
I left with family with food, pioneer tools, diesel, gasoline,water, ways to purify water, first aid and emergency medical supplies, etc, etc. I did not own a RV at that time.
Those that were stuck with their beer and big screens wanted my water, food, gas. Traffic was moving at 1 to 2 mph on average. Some folks were stuck on the interstate highways for 8 hrs straight without moving an inch. They ran out of gas on the road.
They left with no provisions. They had no experience or knowledge of how bad it could get and expected the government or others to provide for them.
My wife and I altered our rules after that.
We will stay for a Cat 2 storm. If there is a hint that it will be a cat 3 and hit within 100 miles of us. We will leave. That means we will leave up to a week before land fall. It means a good chance that I will leave for nothing because it will probably miss us.
Life changes though. MIL lives with us now. I travel for work. Away from home all the time with a visit every 3-6 months. MIL unable to travel. Health prevents nothing more than a trip to doctor. That 10 mile trip is an all day ordeal.
S&B is in an area that I know has no record of flooding in the last 100 years. We stock food,water, other supplies during the off hurricane season. Before season starts we check generators, store 100 gallons of gas in the separate storage area. Gas is prepared for long term storage.
Battery stockpiles are updated with fresh items. Documents and evac items are always ready to grab and go.
This is not easy or cheap. I afford it because I we do not go out every weekend for dinners and movies. We choose to allocate our disposable income to be ready for a downturn instead of on entertainment. I guess we are ants instead of grasshoppers.
I am a native of this area. I know what to do and if I need to leave an area fast then that Rv may just get left behind. I use hurricane Humberto as an example. It was a TD in the morning. Weather service said worst case a TS by late night. Landfall during the night. Was not supposed to do anything. Was 90 miles south of RV as a TD. Went to bed at 9pm it was a TD.
Woke up at 2AM with RV rocking hard. 90mph winds and eye of hurricane 12 miles south of RV. I was stuck and had to ride it out.
By time they know where it will really go it is almost too late to leave.
If I was going into snow country I would talk to a native from that area. Not a person from the city's in New England area that depend on the government to tell them what to do.
