Hurricane Advice

[Flashpoint]

I just got that too. My sister is outside of Miami, and while her family can evacuate, She can't... Essential Personnel. Really worried.

Understand. I have a sister and her family who live in or near Jacksonville.

Hurricanes can change their trajectory in a heartbeat and what Irma will do is not set in stone - as of yet. It could still miss hitting any land mass, but right now it is looking to be another catastrophic storm. All the people can do is be prepared as much as possible.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Large parts of New Orleans are actually below sea level, and are only prevented from being flooded by a system of levees and pumps. It was a combination of breaching of the levees and failure of the pumps that led to the catastrophic flooding after Katrina.

The possibility of a flood like that has been known about for decades.

Actually this was not ever going to happen in NOLA as per the
Army corps of engineers!! Poor workmanship on the part of the ACE caused levees to FAIL, They were not breached. Can give gorry details to anyone who wants to know, like areas where cement pieces met, newspaper was found beneath the patches that were suppost to be water proof!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

the weather says irma will touch us, luckily only a side of the storm and not the eye or anything more than that. i doubt it will be anything serious or at least i hope it wont be. i think the chickens will be inside for that day lol. i just hope the power doesnt go out for a long period of time. the power system here seems to $uck.

Adding you all to the prayer list. Prepare and good luck. Our laundry room is the default indoor chicken coop. (covered in plastic)

 

[Ursuline Chick]

I'm not sure about hurricanes, but cyclones often change direction or fizzle out. They have far more cyclone warnings up north in the cyclone belt than they end up having actual cyclones.

Follow Bunnylady's advice, get your supplies in (toilet paper! lots of toilet paper! ), think through what else you might need on standby "just in case" and then try not to worry about it. It'll be a lot of stress for nothing if it turns out that the storm doesn't come your way or isn't that bad.

Pretty much the same deal, potato chip. So I guess you know the drill.

 

[User395221]

Only Houses built starting in the 50's were ground level or on slabs.

Thanks, that's interesting. I just remember seeing videos on the tv news and noticing the flat houses. Obviously they would have been the most severely affected areas.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

All my guests are home, or nearby their home, and safe. They've started the government paperwork and are cleaning up. Three homes will be total losses. One will need major rehab and repair. All are going to try to stay.

Gas was hard to find at some places, and prices were up about 20-50 cents/gallon. Rental trailers were hard to find too. They ended up buying a flat bottom aluminum boat w/motor and trailer, and two 4/horse stock trailers pretty cheap around here. Sent a bunch of supplies back with them to use/share with those in need.

I took a day off after the house finally emptied to rest and get the house back in order. Whew! Maybe another day is in order for that.

Everyone accounted for here?

Take as much time as you need, you are still my hero Wink!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Yeah, before it was dealing with the fear. Now folks have to work through the anger, despair, hopelessness, frustration, etc.

We did it 12 years ago, and everyone has learned from our mistakes. Stay strong, we are all pulling for you and doing what we can. Our nation is strong as are Texans and we are full of good will for the most part. It will be hard, but do not despair!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

lol i keep telling him to just stop worrying that even if we did get the storm we will live we wont die its just a storm.

Just be prepared!!!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Even if those markers stay there, and they will hit/affect where we are, alarm gets us nowhere. Preparation, yes. contingency plans, yes, tuning in to the advice stations as to what you should be doing etc etc. Freaking out just achieves nothing.

EDIT: in one sense we are lucky that we get plenty of warning (imagine what it would have been like back before radio and tv - suddenly there's a hurricane on you) in another sense, having that information can keep us constantly stressed.

This winter read the book "lost island" if you really want to know, the before TV and radio story. This is a true story of an actual hurricane that occurred in the Gulf of Mexico, long before we started naming the things

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Yeah, one of the pieces of advice is, if you live in a mobile home, evacuate. Even if your home isn't in an area of mandatory evacuations, a mobile home isn't a safe place to ride a storm out. Kinda like with tornadoes - they talk about sheltering in an interior room on more substantial structures, but with a mobile home, the advice is just get out.

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