Oldgator73 said:
If I had to live somewhere that natural disasters were prevalent it would be in a hurricane area. We have lived in areas where tornadoes and earthquakes occur. There?s really no warning for those. I?ve been watching the news about this hurricane and officials are telling folks to evacuate. Many are hunkering down. I would leave in a heartbeat.
actually, tornadoes are about the scariest thing to me when it comes to hurricanes (I've never lived where there was a flooding concern, so that would be #1 if I did)
The tornadoes spawning from hurricanes typically wouldn't be the monsters that spin off the super cells in the midwest....but they are embedded. Not a chance you'll hear it or see it coming.
I've thought sometimes about how nice it would be, if living in a hurricane prone area, is to have a house
not in a flood zone
zero big trees hanging over it, but something surrounding the house that would catch missiles coming form the neighbors'
built grossly exceeded in the building codes
with some kind of highly puncture resistant wall construction
and full window shutters
oh, and a whole house generator with huge fuel tank, at least several weeks worth.
....then it wouldn't be much of a worry. just hunker down and relax.....
If I ever do build a custom house, I'll certainly be considering at least some of these things
more likely though, my next house will after my kids move on and it will be something much smaller...like a cabana or bungalow, and I hope in the mountains someplace or at least hills, and it'll have a nice attached RV barn...and most often we would be not there.