Gulf Coast Poll: If I knew Ernesto was coming I'd...

[cherokeeprogressive]

What would you do if you had a ONE WEEK NOTICE that a hurricane was coming and you lived in a low-lying area of the Gulf Coast?

I know it's coming. I have ample warning. I have the benefit of hindsight. I don't want to experience the same thing the good folks of New Orleans did.

I'd:

[misanthrope]

1. Where's "other?"...

...because a legitimate answer depends on the strength of the storm. We're at 15 feet above sea level and we've stayed for Cat 1 and Cat 2 storms, but we'll definitely scram when a Cat 3 is coming this way.

[sandnsea]

2. When's pay day?

How much in savings? Got a credit card? That sort of matters in deciding what one can do.

[Subdivisions]

3. Considering what I saw

when I was doing relief work all along the Gulf Coast, yea, by any means possible I'd be gone from the point of impact.

[Imagevision]

4. Now the price of oil rises when a storm is reported on -even if it remains

out at sea and never touches land...

[uppityperson]

5. other

wait a couple more days to see what happens to Ernesto. Then pack up and hightail it out if I had a car. Bus if I had money for that.