Hurricane advise?

the e-man wrote:
If tropical storm or hurricane force winds are expected, would putting the stabilizers down make any difference?

Thanks.

I certainly would.....but highly likely that it will make NO difference in your ultimate safety.
Might make a bit more comfortable.....up to the point that it turns over. :E

If tropical storm or hurricane force winds are expected, would putting the stabilizers down make any difference?

Thanks.

Our local RV dealer parks their trailers as close together as possible, not to protect them from high winds but to protect them from water damage caused from wind driven rain. The windows leak from hours of high velocity, horizontal driven rain.

MarkTwain wrote:
Make sure you have a good National Weather Radio. make sure you set the stations for the areas you are traveling in. As soon as I get a weather warning of a hurricane or tornado heading towards my direction/location, I immediately start driving in a direction away from the weather and keep driving until I am out of the area. I do not wait.
I was coming out of Texas near the border Fort Stockton. I pulled into the nearest RV park for cover and protection. In 15 min. the tornado did $16K damage to my truck and trailer. :(:(
I will never drive through Texas again and especially Tornado alley:(

There is no way you can drive E-W without driving thru tornado alley. It stretches all the way up to North Dakota. I've lived in Texas almost 50 years and never had damage from one. Just bad luck that you got hit.

Each region of the country has their own natural disasters to deal with.

Leave.

I would fill the water tanks and make sure the propane and battery is full.

Make sure you have a good National Weather Radio. make sure you set the stations for the areas you are traveling in. As soon as I get a weather warning of a hurricane or tornado heading towards my direction/location, I immediately start driving in a direction away from the weather and keep driving until I am out of the area. I do not wait.
I was coming out of Texas near the border Fort Stockton. I pulled into the nearest RV park for cover and protection. In 15 min. the tornado did $16K damage to my truck and trailer. :(:(
I will never drive through Texas again and especially Tornado alley:(

I've read where some owners use ground-attached anchors to keep their rig upright. I believe those anchors are current building code in certain areas of Florida.

Jebby14 wrote:
for what its worth category 1 wind speed is only a bit more than highway speeds.

Not really. Cat 1 is SUSTAINED winds from 74 to 95 MPH.
Gusts may be higher.....and usually are.

Hurricane straps used to be popular with trailer owners.
Haven't heard much about them lately.

If you can position the RV facing the wind head on, the RV (of any type) can take some pretty substantial winds. After all, you can drive them down the highway at 80 mph and nothing blows off or falls apart. However, a side wind doesn't take much to tip them over.

More than just driving wind and rain, is the concern for flying derbies. I live in tornado alley, not hurricane row. We have danger every time a storm brews with junk flying in the wind. That's why we have insurance.

Best advise has already been stated above .... time for a few days vacation. Head out and take the camper with you.

Take your queue from the US Navy, when hurricanes brew, the ships go out to sea and out of port until the hurricane passes.