Quote Originally Posted by Spicoli View Post
It's almost a lot like this place during Mardi Gras for lack of a better analogy . You indeed needs to know the grounds and precise location and drainage as well as what main roads go under first and alternative routes. We have a low section on I 10 under a train trestle heading East that literally goes under rather quickly now and regularly lose cars of people trying to beat it. Cuts THE only interstate off with a strong hr long storm. I've never lived in a place where City officials put out hours to allow parking on the neutral ground..called 'medians' in every other city..and they are prime spots less you lose a car. Parking overnight with storms inbound takes some planning also, front end highest ground or even elevated. Your last line most important and still baffles me how few are actually fully set up to ride conditions out for minimum of a week. Simply picking up a few cans, even keeping a landline phone, extra fuel when doing weekly shopping comes back to help big time when you get into a SHTF scenario. Just have to rotate stored items out.
Be careful expressing preparedness on this forum, people might begin to suspect you as some sort of Doomsday Prepper


I was a Boy Scout and I've also learned a lot of lessons. My brother suffered through a flood when he was in college and let me tell you it's an eye opener...people lost their pets because they figured "Meh, the water will never get that high" oh boy did it ever! Let me tell you, and I believe @Spicoli is on the same page with me in regards to this...if you have a pet it's a family member, if there's even the HINT of a threat and you're leaving your home, you fucking go all Green Beret and leave NO MAN behind! Friends and neighbors are very willing to help out if you INDIVIDUALLY are hit with a tragedy, but if everyone collectively is nailed with a storm, flood, etc then in order to actually provide help you MUST be prepared for shit to turn for the worse.


It is best to have something MRE's for example (which are good for like forever or canned goods or a first aid kit) or gallons of drinking water (which obviously you make use of and refill or rotate out) and never fucking need them than NEED something and not have it or not even have access to it.