HOW WOULD YOU LEAVE? Emergency Exit Plans You Need to Know NOW! Lessons from Hurricane Helene
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ธ.ค. 2024
- In an emergency, you need to know how to leave your home and where to go. These are the lessons we learned from Hurricane Helene in western NC about road conditions, transportation and more.
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I live on a cul-de-sac near a national forest. When there's a forest fire, my street can quickly become clogged with firetrucks making it impossible for me to get a car out even if the fire isn't close enough to trigger an immediate evacuation notice. The problem, of course, would be if they can't control the fire and an evacuation notice is then issued while they're blocking my street. Anytime there's a whiff of smoke, I move one of my cars a few blocks away on a street with multiple outlets (with some "go bags" for me and the kids in the trunk). That might be something people with bridges should consider doing when there's a major storm in the forecast. If nothing happens, you got a little exercise walking back and forth dropping off/picking up the car, so it's good for you anyway. If something does happen, you have an option. Keep a plank or two long enough to throw down a foot bridge if needed to get across (wait for the water to recede - don't attempt to cross something that will sweep you away if you fall in).
@@kylefrandsen2665 Great ideas! I’ve seen people do this when snow is forecasted, too. They park on top of a hill or a place where it would be easy to get out onto a main street. Keeping planks of wood available is smart!
If you can. Find old army engineer books they can be very helpful in building bridges out of trees and shoring up washed out roads - during WW2 all those bridges to move troupe's and supply's were done by army engineers. - you can look at old army periscope training films also -
I have one of the books that were given to army engineers during WW2 -
After Katrina we had looked at that book some to build some make shift bridges over some wide creeks -
Katrina dumped 24 inches of rain in 5 hrs or so were I am -
@@able880 Great idea.
Important things to consider!
Yes, they are!!!
With disasters it takes every one coming together to get thing going again -
@@able880 Yes, it does!!!
Thank you for your comments, I am thinking how would I get out of my valley if flooding should happen. We are less than 3000 feet from the Arkansas river, north of us are 3 reservoirs that could break from extreme rain. It is so heartbreaking what you all are going through. It takes a long time to plan replacement, rebuild roads. Colorado has certainly had its share of flooding.
Many blessings to you all
@@patriciacooke886 Yes, that would be worrisome with rains. You’ll be able to figure out the solution, the great thing is that you’re thinking about it before it’s too late.
Great timing..Cali ppl are still backed up in traffic after this earthquake/tsunami warning.
Yikes!
With inflatable boat or rafts - the cheap or inexpesive ones picture easily - evven if you drag them on concrete it will damage the bottom and they willl leak
Better ingatables are expensive - im speaking from experance -
@@able880 Good advice. I would imagine that many people would drag it across the ground. Thanks for sharing your experience and letting people know that they need to have quality equipment to prepare.
I'd also worried about the life boat effect where a big group swims to you and try to get in the boat and topple the boat. Some people panic and don't think straight.
The better small boats are the ones that have foam filled hulls -
Decent inflatable boats are very expensive like those tied off sail boats anchored out -
I've used inexpensive inflatable rafts and along with those that coast a $1000 or more -
A $100 inflatable punctures easily -
haha..I just imagined me treading water with a helmet on my head that has a cage for my chihuahua mounted to it. I would. That's my baby!
It would work! 😂