[Venturer]

You have to be aware of where you live.

You have to be aware of the limits of your home.

Would you rather sit in your home where you have a generator, a tractor,a chain saw, your own supply of food and water, you are above the flood plain,or go to a shelter and place yourself at the mercy of the Government with a pack of strangers in a school building that was probably built by a low bidder?

[Fireone]

Good points....We choose where we live. I chose on a rock,
on a hill. It has strategic, as well as physical advantages.
Those who choose low ground, or flood plains just have to be prepared to leave, before the SHTF.

[freebird5850]

Generator/fuel - check
Tractor(s) - check
Chainsaw(s) - check
Food rations and private well - check
A means to defend all the above - check

[hummingbird]

"Would you rather sit in your home where you have a generator, a tractor,a chain saw, your own supply of food and water, you are above the flood plain,or go to a shelter and place yourself at the mercy of the Government with a pack of strangers in a school building that was probably built by a low bidder?"

There are also looters. People will hunker down at home for this reason.

[driftdiver]

Friends of mine followed instructions and evacuated to a hotel 100 miles away. Hurricane changed paths and hit their hotel.

Cat 4 or 5, get out of town. If you are in a storm surge area then get out of town.

If your home can’t take the winds of a storm like this then you had better work on improving it.