Sheldon wrote:
> zxcvbob wrote:
> > nina wrote:
> > > Andy wrote:
> > >>
> > >> PEOPLE... what part of "or other immobile object" didn't you
> > >> understand? Where would you anchor your supplies?
> > >>
> > >> Andy
> > >
> > > The wording makes it seem that you consider a tree to be immobile
> > > object also. I was saying a tree isnt immoble. In a hurricane,
what
>
> > > is?
> >
> >
> >
> > A concrete block building is immobile -- but it can still flood or
> have
> > the roof blown off. HTH :-)
> >
> > Bob
>
> Not true. I've seen hurricanes turn many masonary block buildings
into
> a pile of rubble like so many Leggos... in fact the more ridgid the
> structure the more likely it will be blown away.
>

I read something from the South Pacific, the locals lived in houses of
what looked like bamboo and palm leaf cylinders on stilts. They said
those lasted way better than brick houses.
Drat. I cant remember if its hurricane or earthquakes they withstand.

> With surviving hurricanes there are too many variables, each instance
> requires decisons based on many different factors... but if there is
> any chance your structure will get blown away or become flooded then
> the best thing is to depart inland to higher ground... and in the US
> the very last thing you need to take with you is food. Tying your
food
> to a tree is something only a deranged mental midget would conjure
> up... because if you are going to remain on the premises then the
best
> place for food (and everything else) is exactly where you normally
keep
> it... there is far more chance you will become blown away or drown
well
> before anything happens to your fridge. Really, if remaining at home
> the only thing you need to concern yourself with is having a supply
of
> water... both potable and for flushing toilets... at the first
warning
> fill your bathtubs, buckets, and large cook pots. And have your
> vehicles fully gassed. Like I said, food is the very last thing to
be
> concerned with... there is nowhere in the US within a two hour drive
of
> hurricane areas where one can't find all the food they could possibly
> want... anyone who can't last two hours without stuffing their face
has
> much bigger problems than surviving a little wind. "Andy" is the
> second most common name for institutionalized psychotics, Albert is
> first.
>
> Sheldon