That's a sight, actually a nightmare. I lived in Texas closer to Austin when Rita hit Houston in 2005. I had to skip work that day because the traffic from the evacuation of Houston made it impossible to get to work. I don't envy anyone who has to do an evacuation in those conditions.
LOL. I own a place on a river in Indiana. I have been flooded out many times in thirty years. I listen to the weather reports and follow NOAA river forecasts. When I hear the threat for flooding, I prepare by moving property to higher ground or store it high. Sometimes my efforts are in vain but every heavy rain is a threat. You are the one who doesn't know what you're talking about.
You don't have to leave But get your vehicle to HI ground unless you want it totaled out. A Maverick is very very hard to replace and parts are imposable to get.
Yeah if you live in one of those areas you need an evac plan. Make sure your vehicles are well maintained, gassed and ready to go. Have 10 gallons of spare gas per vehicle, food, water, clothing, medicine and cash. And don't forget to keep good paper maps in every vehicle.
I saw that and cried!
Superbird and charger Daytona. Storm surge, salt water, ruined. Again pretty effing stupid to leave em behind if you ask me. They should have been removed prior to the storm and trucked away. Oh well. I hope he has flood insurance on them, otherwise hes screwed. Some of you might think of me as a jerk for how I have replied, however if you have stuff you value, including your life, you dont screw around with a category 4 hurricane. You pack your stuff and you leave. By hook or by crook, you take what's most valuable to you. Hell I would have driven the damn Daytona or the superbird in the rain to get them out of harm's way. I certainly would not have left them there, even 8 feet in the air on lifts. Maybe if they were chained down or strapped down they wouldent had floated off the lifts, they woulda been filled with salt water either way by the storm surge that floated them off, but regardless. The salt water has wrecked them. Expensive junk now.
To be fair this storm flooded even middle parts of FL from what I saw on tv. Many mile for shore line It was RAIN not all flooding was surge., so not all water was salt water. Plus traffic can be a real problem. So not so easy to get out. As far as living near water well its dam nice too. If you have the money to and don't mind a damaged or destroyed house once in a while then do it. Just have flood insurance.
And that's what vacations are for. You visit places like that, then go home. Cost of living is too high, and ditto for the flood insurance. The insurance companies know it's only a matter of time before whatever they insure in those areas gets whacked.
Very true, but honestly I dont care to go there anyways.
Search for aerial photos of Daytona Speedway - Lake Lloyd flooded the speedway. Unheard of ...
