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Parking nose or tail to wind can save your life. But I've learned a bitter lesson. Any chance of a storm coming ashore within 5 days I flee inland. To a raised section of land. Avoiding water courses.
At home in Feb 2006, my NWS rain gauge registered seventeen inches of rain in 5 hours. Porch was filled with drowned birds. Impossible to walk. Rain spattered so hard it bounced up to knee level. Could have laid a spare tire in front of my feet and I wouldn't have seen it. When rain lessened, water was pouring off the bluff into the Pacific. Looked like Niagara Falls (sort of).
There is no recreational vehicle I know of that can stay rain tight in a hurricane. Lay tarps over top mattresses, bag bedding and clothes in garbage bags, physically disconnect from shore power. Cover generator with garbage bags, Shut off battery disconnect switch, close propane tank valves and tough it out for several hours. The only thing worse than a hurricane is to have a battery or LPG fire inside a rig. It's not the flames, it's the smoke and fumes.
I have a friend, who has a stick & brick in Lake Jackson, TX. Also a motorhome, and a 5th wheel and an inboard boat. I visited last in 2005. The short drive to Freeport, alarmed me. Utterly flat. The shoreline is lined with chemical plants. I lost contact with him on the 17th. I can only offer pathetically little for Tech Tips against these monsters.
At home in Feb 2006, my NWS rain gauge registered seventeen inches of rain in 5 hours. Porch was filled with drowned birds. Impossible to walk. Rain spattered so hard it bounced up to knee level. Could have laid a spare tire in front of my feet and I wouldn't have seen it. When rain lessened, water was pouring off the bluff into the Pacific. Looked like Niagara Falls (sort of).
There is no recreational vehicle I know of that can stay rain tight in a hurricane. Lay tarps over top mattresses, bag bedding and clothes in garbage bags, physically disconnect from shore power. Cover generator with garbage bags, Shut off battery disconnect switch, close propane tank valves and tough it out for several hours. The only thing worse than a hurricane is to have a battery or LPG fire inside a rig. It's not the flames, it's the smoke and fumes.
I have a friend, who has a stick & brick in Lake Jackson, TX. Also a motorhome, and a 5th wheel and an inboard boat. I visited last in 2005. The short drive to Freeport, alarmed me. Utterly flat. The shoreline is lined with chemical plants. I lost contact with him on the 17th. I can only offer pathetically little for Tech Tips against these monsters.
