If you are flooded you are flooded. No fixing that in the short term.
Most around here install a generator or A/C unit at house level. If the house is raised so is the generator or A/C. The propane tank is strapped down to anchors.
Most whole house generators work on nat gas or propane so no hauling fuel. Even with every elec pole down; water off because city water supply is down; Nat gas is usually still flowing.
While living threw a hurricane is stressful most of what you see on TV today is hyped up and people not willing to take care of their own. They want and wait for help from others. They tell us every year. Prepare in advance; buy water and can goods in advance yet look at a store just before a storm hits. It is a mad house of last minute shoppers. They tell us to make a plan in advance. I think most peoples plan is simply sit on the curb and cry.
I can remember as a kid we never ran from a hurricane. We may have went to the local school or other strong multi level building but never left town. After the storm had passed we never had FEMA or any other help. We did for ourselves. I can remember sitting on the highway at 7 years old selling milk after a storm just so we could get rid of it out of my dad's home delivery truck.
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