Yeah I didn't strap mine, but luckily it didn't get sucked out :-0

thanks ms411!

Good coffee is super expensive here for some reason. Spices also. Good sheets and towels are hard to find here. Bring a generator or inverter. Oh just...

Good tips - thanks Gators Mom

Yep PTSD a bunch of us have it. Although I did not sustain damages I had first hand experience of others running for shelter in the night as window an...

Exactly. Right after the storm and for a few weeks thereafter, Sprint was down and so were landlines. Only AT&T worked and that was really spotty. I...

Lily1025 yes I will be extremely anxious once the storms start firing up. Heck I am anxious already. There are no guarantees about anything with the n...

I didn't feel it on STX! Somehow I missed it.

wow!

I didn't get that from the article. Sounds like there were other issues going on at the restaurant as well. BTW...the original balter Ch...

Does insulation help keep the containers cool?

Very interesting! I just looked this up to see if shipping container homes will stand up to hurricanes. Check out the second section " Question: ...

I hope so!!! One thing I have learned from Irma and Maria, is that nothing is guaranteed - how strong the storm will be, where it will hit, and w...

WOW STX container port didn't get power until end of January, You'd think the lifeline to the island would be a priority.They started the ...

My area of Hermon Hill got power restored the day after thanksgiving. Priority feeders are the ones mentioned earlier in this thread. Beyond those fee...

I looked it up, here is the website with info: cdc in vi I don't know if any of the buildings sustained damage in the hurricanes.

Yeah stjohnjulie, I read too quickly about the compressed earth blocks and didn't notice the psi ratings were lower than those for concrete blocks.

Some good info in this article. building for disaster Also has anyone here used compressed earth blocks? Was looking that up recently and it...

Composite poles have been going up in hermon hill past couple of weeks

Post-Hugo codes--weren't they less stringent than the newer ones after Andrew in 1993? Hugo was 1989.

Thanks for that link.

Matt T and Singlefin, thanks for the great info. I totally agree with Matt T, and to add to what he said, only a concrete bunker will protect you...

Yeah that could be but I've heard of a few people making repairs already. I was also asking about insurers and adjusters.