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One can enter Fort Knox with time and equipment but those with a New York Police Lock on the door and a long drop from the windows can convince guys witout a cutting torch to move on.

I work with NEMO and do a lot of hurricane and disaster neighborhood stuff - worrying comes naturally to me, but this thread takes fretting to a whole new level.

It seems a bit early, but we can post a whole thread on hurricane preparedness if you like. I have a pretty good blueprint for what to do that Marty posted last year and we can update an bring it online again....... ??

If I leave my house visibly unoccupied for a long period with my neighbours' houses similarly unoccupied and people are permitted to remain on the island, I think I can guarantee that it will be broken into. And with no-one to stop them it will be ransacked. It's already been burgled three times, once when there were actually people inside. Please, don't let's kid ourselves. Burglaries are now extremely common.

Of course I'm not talking about solidly built American houses, with steel doors and complex security locks (not that those are often found even there). I'm talking about houses in San Pedro. I don't think I've ever seen a door here that a well placed heavy kick or a bit of jemmying wouldn't open. It would make a lot of noise which is why it rarely happens, but with no-one around to hear.....

Like I said, if your stuff is so important to you that you would risk your life for it that is your prerogative - but it would be irresponsible to urge people to stay on the island so that they can protect their TV. A huge number of homes on the island would not be considered "hurricane proof" by any stretch of the imagination.

During Keith people in one storey homes had to make the treacherous climb up a rope that was stretch a hundred feet that led up to a 2 storey home because their home and the surroundings was many feet under water. In the water there was all kinds of debris that let deep cuts in their bodies. There were children and older folks involved - it was frightening, dangerous and needs to serve as a reminder that it is not too early to plan and prepare for disasters.

As I have discovered there are those who have never ridden out a storm that will want to stay, then there are those who have ridden out a minor storm and will want to stay. However in my experience it is very hard to find anyone who has ridden out a major storm in a low lying area that will willingly want to stay.

In my opinion, no posession on the planet is worth a life. Leave for the storm and then fight your way back in, that is my M.O. these days.

One other thought to ponder for some. For friends and families the most important possession you can offer to them is yourself. In the event of your death, most families desperately want at a minimum the body of a loved one returned for a proper burial and to bring closure to the family. Right now, I believe the number stands at 27 bodies which have not been recoverd after hurricane Ike that were lost to the sea. Every now and again you see a story about them finding some part of an Ike victim (18 months later, a categorty two storm when it made landfall) and the closure it will finally provide for someones family.

My advice is to insure it well and pay the sky high insurance premium and let it ride, heck technology for everything you own will have probably improved so you end up coming out ahead in the end.....

Written by someone who has the T-shirt (as do many others on the board)

That is a sage post D.O.A. Thanks

Assuming you can - many can't.

We rent our place in the storm season and have a clause in the lease that requires them to abandon our big screen and all our other goods and evacuate on the first sign of danger.Close the windows and go early.

elbert has experinced plenty of wind over the years and thats mostly do to the fact its where most of his talking comes from

elbert has experinced plenty of wind over the years and thats mostly do to the fact its where most of his talking comes from