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Dog_Folks
Aug 05, 2015Explorer
KenMast wrote:
A few days ago, a very scary situation happened in Florida. An RV resort got flooded. People had to be evacuated in boats. The water was about 2 to 3 feet high. It made me stop and thing (and worry).
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What would you do in this situation? You're in your RV, it's 2 AM and raining like crazy. You hear water rushing by and you look out and it's a foot high and rising fast. What do you do? Do you stand in water almost up to your knees and unplug your electrical connection? Do you disconnect your sewer connection and try to leave? It's Florida. The water is rising from the rain and an over flowing river. Are there alligators in the water? A scary, but real possibility.
What is the best thing to do? What would you do? I'm staying in Florida for two months in Jan & Feb. I haven't come up with a good answer myself.
Ken
Using YOUR conditions: I would have been watching the weather closely and know that the possibility of flash flooding would exist that night.
I would have the trailer hooked to the tow vehicle and unhooked from outside utilities. Wheel chocks out and ready to roll.
Stand watch that night and as soon as the water was on my site, (One inch deep) get in the tow vehicle and get out of there to a previously researched and known higher ground.
Personally, knowing what I know about gators I would not worry about them. I would worry more about snakes, and fire ants.
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