Now that we are recovering from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, the reports are coming in as to what people did right to prepare and what they did wrong. Peter over at Bayou Renaissance Man has an excellent summary with links:
Lessons learned from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, I wrote a series of "lessons learned" points, which I combined into an article on this blog some time later. It's consistently among the most viewed articles here, so I hope it's done some good.
As the wider picture is emerging after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, Hurricane Irma hit Florida, and Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico over the past couple of months, there have been more useful lessons coming out of the experiences of my correspondents (and from news media articles). I'm going to summarize some of them here. I'll add to this article in future (with a link to it at the time) as more information comes out.
Peter then closes with this video clip from FEMA administrator Brock Long:
Words to the wise. Be prepared.
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