[Libloather]

While living in Texas back in the day, I heard about these ‘hurricane parties’. Go to the top of the tallest building on the coast and have a blast. Only in Texas?

[ncalburt]

Hurricane parties are the reason many were trapped or died in Katrina and a few other places .
They partied and sobered up after the Levees broke .
Bars in ST Pete FL used to advertised them like during Elena.
Haven't seen such advertising during an actual Hurricane event in many decades.

[plain talk]

“While living in Texas back in the day, I heard about these ‘hurricane parties’. Go to the top of the tallest building on the coast and have a blast. Only in Texas?”

Not confined to Texas. I believe there was one such party on the Mississippi coast for Camille in 1969 and it didn’t go so well. I saw the foundation rubble.

[RegulatorCountry]

I’ve been to several hurricane parties, but we were well inland. Held in downtown bars. People brought potluck food, coolers filled with ice and oil lamps for the inevitable power failure. Live accoustic guitar music for the same reason. Last one I went to was Fran in the mid-90’s, which turned out to be a bit more than we bargained for. Water started running down the street, got deeper. Wind really kicked up and stayed there, driving that water against the front door of the bar, and then it started running into the bar itself, flooding the floor with about a foot of water. The drive home was interesting, even in a 4wd Tacoma. We were young and stupid, and it was fun, what can I say. Yes there were risks. There are risks sitting fearfully in your house, too. There is no such thing as a risk-free environment, storm or no storm.