Alphecca

It's definitely a tough call. I guess it comes down to how much you believe the weather reports and what you consider the likelihood of your neck of the woods getting struck really bad. If you're inclined to believe it won't be as dangerous, then obviously you're more willing to stick around to defend your stuff. Personally, though, I think I'd take a gamble with my property first before doing so with my life. Even the biggest "patch of universe" won't mean anything if you're not alive to enjoy it.

Anyway, that's just my take.

You buy it cheap and stack it deep. Applies to ammo, water, and any other neccesity. I constantly find myself re-evaluating what I need stocked.

I come from Tornado Alley, so we always had to stay put in our homes. I (*knock on wood*) never had to deal with one, but there's no where to go when one hits. You don't have time to get out of the area. Anything else, I'm not really prepared to deal with. I'll admit, if I had to live for more than 3 days in my apartment without leaving, I probably couldn't.

But I do have 2 guns now and at least a few boxes of ammo, so I could defend against bad guys.

Huh. I grab the cats, the art (not space-consuming, just irreplaceable stuff by my grandmother), and my computer with my files, and I go where I need to go. Everything else is replaceable, and I mean everything. If mutants trash the home and steal our stuff, I would hope I had the foresight to buy the appropriate insurance.

You can tell I don't go in for antiques. :)

Most things that you evacuate for give you *some* warning. Even firestorms - if you know that there's a fire within twenty miles, and you're in a flammable zone, you should have some warning. Anyone who plans to evacuate should use that time between possible and certain to pack the car. You don't have to leave it *all* behind...

I was one of the two million ordered to evacuate. Living in flood zone 'You gonna die, girl,' evacuation seemed like a pretty good idea.

Nah, didn't worry about looters. Either nothing would happen and all would be well, or only looters would come and I'd still have my life and a few things, or the hurricane would come and destroy all I owned, possibly taking out a few looters too.

As it happened, I got very lucky, sadly at the expense of my fellow Floridians to the south. I came back and all was well.

Lemmee tell ya, people who loot in Florida during a hurricane are not bright. If the hurricane hits, looters are liable to die. If the hurricane doesn't hit an evacuated area, that area is full of bored policemen. Looters and price gougers are looked down upon as the lowest of the low (which they are). Even liberals don't have any sympathy for that kind of snake.