If I lived in a hurricane area I would probably stay to protect from looters and to get started with clean up right away. FEMA may not let you back in for a week a lot can happen in that time frame.
So you are saying material things mean more to you than your life? Interesting.
If I lived in a hurricane area I would probably stay to protect from looters and to get started with clean up right away.
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I’ve gone through a couple of strong hurricanes, and my opinion is that criminal activity doesn’t increase overall. The media will report every little case of looting, making it seem worse than it is.
I guess criminals are as inconvenienced as everybody else and tend to take a break from their profession until things get back to normal.
Most of the time big damage starts as something small that if seen to in a timely manner, can prevent catastrophe.
In my experience, this is especially true with boats.
If I lived in a hurricane prone area, I would have a house on high ground that was storm worthy. I would top trees regularly, or keep them far from the dwelling. My uncle had a cottage on Cape Cod that has been there for a hundred years, and should survive at least another 100.