{"id":37473,"date":"2018-09-07T07:48:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T12:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37473"},"modified":"2018-09-07T07:48:21","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T12:48:21","slug":"5-likely-hurricane-aftermath-scenarios-to-prepare-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37473","title":{"rendered":"5 Likely Hurricane Aftermath Scenarios To Prepare For"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/resources\/5-likely-hurricane-aftermath-scenarios-to-prepare-for_06092018\/\">5 Likely Hurricane Aftermath Scenarios To Prepare For<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><center><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47360 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ready-Nutrition-Likely-Hurricane-Aftermath-Scenarios-To-Prepare-For.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ready-Nutrition-Likely-Hurricane-Aftermath-Scenarios-To-Prepare-For.jpg 550w, http:\/\/readynutrition.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Ready-Nutrition-Likely-Hurricane-Aftermath-Scenarios-To-Prepare-For-300x236.jpg 300w\" alt=\"Ready Nutrition- Likely Hurricane Scenarios To Prepare For Pin\" width=\"550\" height=\"433\" \/><\/center>It is currently hurricane season for the Atlantic and Pacific regions of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>As I write this article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nola.com\/weather\/index.ssf\/2018\/09\/hurricane_florence_now_a_categ.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurricane Florence<\/a> is a Category 3 storm with the potential to reach Category 4 status. As of now, the storm has an uncertain path, but East Coast folks \u2013 please watch this one closely, as some models\u00a0suggest it could\u00a0head right for you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/weather.com\/safety\/hurricane\/news\/2018-09-04-tropical-atlantic-helene-possibly-isaac-formation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Helene and Issac<\/a>\u00a0could form in the Atlantic later this week. In the Pacific, Hurricanes Olivia and Norman are being watched closely.<\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes are unpredictable, as anyone who has experienced one knows. This makes them challenging to prepare for, but fortunately, there are things you can do to\u00a0increase your odds of survival, should one head for your region.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to understand that a hurricane need not be a Category 5 to be incredibly dangerous and\u00a0cause serious damage. When <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Effects_of_Hurricane_Isabel_in_Virginia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hurricane Isabel<\/a> hit my Virginia neighborhood in 2003, the storm was barely a Category 1. It was the first (and to date, the only \u2013 thankfully) hurricane I\u2019ve experienced personally, and back then I really had no idea how difficult the aftermath would be.<\/p>\n<p>I fully expected the \u201cauthorities\u201d to take care of everything after Isabel passed. I thought they\u2019d clean up all the debris and have the roads cleared and power on within a day or two.<\/p>\n<p>I was seriously mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>Isabel had an unusually large wind field (an example of a hurricane doing \u201cunpredictable\u201d things). Thousands of trees were uprooted. Power lines and telephone poles were downed all over. Hundreds of houses were damaged\u2026many beyond repair. Hundreds of roads, including major highways, were blocked by fallen trees and other debris.\u00a0The heavy rainfall caused inland flooding, which closed roads and damaged homes and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Likely Hurricane Aftermath Scenarios To Prepare For It is currently hurricane season for the Atlantic and Pacific regions of the United States. As I write this article, Hurricane Florence is a Category 3 storm with the potential to reach Category 4 status. As of now, the storm has an uncertain path, but East Coast [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2924,2288,21562,20367,649,650,6787],"class_list":["post-37473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-emergency","tag-emergency-preparedness","tag-hurricane-season","tag-lisa-egan","tag-preparedness","tag-prepping","tag-ready-nutrition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37473"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37474,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37473\/revisions\/37474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}