Originally Posted by
ndmiller
Agreed, I was in Houston for Ike in 2008 and I have friends in Houston now. No issues for me and my family back then or for my friends now.
We had a week to prepare in both cases, prepared, fine for weeks after until the dust settled. Needed a crane to get a tree of neighbors house, but no issues otherwise. Strategy was to avoid known flood areas (all of Houston inside 610 loop).
Also know people who didn't prepare for Ike and partied up to when the storm came. Their result shelters, hunger, thirst, loss of property, dealing with FEMA, no car, no place to live, a total mess.
To answer the OP question, routine hasn't changed one iota, but the same since my first Florida Hurricane experience in the late 90's (PPE Prepare, Plan Execute). People have always had the capability to be savages, ANTIFA and BLM are just scary political labels for people.
Been through 25+ natural disasters a handful bad news (Ike, Wilma, Snomageddan Atlanta). In all cases we had plenty of notice, took it seriously and prepared with Food, Water, Alcohol, Propane, Charcoal, and shock for neighbors pool. No thoughts on any of your list because too far fetched for a prepared suburb dweller. City folk are not going to have the means to hike 50+ miles to me in any of these cases and all my neighbors prepared like me. If you don't prepare you are subject to the general public and lines for food/water/gas and government help with direction on what to do when. If you prepare you are not because you're not in that situation or anywhere near it. It's really that simple, 4 cases of water, 1 extra propane canister, 1 case of shock, beer & wine, a little extra food, extra bug spray, cars filled up got my family and neighbors through dozens of Hurricanes in Florida even without power for 2 weeks with no significant inconvenience at all.
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