Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Why don't they bury that stuff? The city of Newport RI got hit with enough hurricanes for them to bury all utilities in the city. Now when there is a hurricane all that happens is a little salt water in the fresh water supply.>> That is EXACTLY the kind of thing I was thinking about when making this post. The mass evacuations create chaos, leave 100's of thousands people homeless, and in some instances cause death. We need better answers. Hurricane resistant buildings is one. Burying power lines is another. Those areas KNOW that sometime they WILL experience a hurricane. There has to be more that could be done to protect people than to tell them to get out of the area.
