"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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Mortimer Brewster wrote:valhalla360 wrote:
They knew about the storm for well over a week.
Yes, it's a huge task to move that many people but a hurricane is not a surprise.
I'm curious as to where you got your fact that people knew about the storm for well over a week. Apparently you know more than the National Hurricane Center.
The storm hit the coast on Friday. Two days previous on Wednesday the wind speed was 35 mph. It would be very tough to convince millions of people to evacuate given what was known on Wednesday. At that point the public was warned of possible hurricane conditions. Keep in mind that assuming you can get those people to move, you also need a place to put them all.
The real surprise was how quickly the storm intensified the day before it hit the coast, which was why more didn't evacuate.
Apparently the national news knows more. I saw this about a week before it hit on the news. Yeah, the winds were lower but they were predicting major increase and knew it was a slow moving storm and flooding was going to be the bigger issue rather than wind.
Even if they couldn't get everyone out, the more you get clear the fewer you have to rescue. If you are going to live a hurricane zone, you should be prepared to get out of town when a storm rolls in.
