I suggested to a friend in Delray Beach, Fla. that he invest in a small enclosed trailer and keep it stocked with non-perishable supplies and ready to evac. should the need arise. Two problems for him.. 1. He has a HOA that bans trailers of any type, and 2. Trying to travel north through the state during a mandatory evac over-crowded with tens of thousands of others on the interstates would likely be impossible. Its not only the coastal areas. I live in south-central Virginia where six people lost their lives last week from the remnants of Michael. Theres been lots of others starting in my memory with Hurricane Hazel decades ago. In ’69 Hurricane Camille dumped 25″s of rain as it stalled over our mountain communities. Friendly little creeks turned into raging monsters, washing away entire families and communities in the dark of night without warning. It pays for each of us to do a risk & hazard assessment to ID those harmful things that might, and likely will, impact us.
