Jdoc
Veteran Member
I and the full-time live aboard in South Florida, last year when Irma was coming through projected path hurricane covered the whole state of Florida. I was prepared to run but could not determine where to go. I prepared the best I could and we got lucky here and everything turned out okay. Not the same for everybody
I agree it's not the same for everybody, sometimes your location limits your options, also important are different levels of experience and comfort of being on your boat in a crises, and driving at night. In my case, when our town was under mandatory evacuation, and we were in the center of the "cone" for Cat 4 Katrina, our family left home with our oyster boats and our pleasure boat and important belongings 2 days before expected landfall. We went west at 8 kts on the ICW for about 120 miles. Someone asked me at that time what would I do if Katrina turns westerly towards us, my reply was 'I wish she would, then my home may be saved, and I can be in Texas in another 24 hours.' But Katrina didn't turn and she flattened Plaquemines Parish and pretty much everything in it. 20 hours later we were back in our home port evaluating the damage.