Loading ...I think most of us don’t mind the rain less it just sits there and rain till it floods. But flood and surges another story. Near beachfronts has taken a lot of homes. When I saw that about surges I posted it for you.
I used to do a lot of river rafting since a teen, it was almost in my back yard plus the Kern River famous for drowning hundreds. and fast moving water waits for no one and can be cold where hypothermia can set in pretty fast a matter of minutes if cold enough and not sure how to explain it but you lose your muscle strength and nerve connection to it, lose communication. Then there’s things in the water. In rivers it’s usually rocks you have to maneuver around. Some think if your in the water it’s safer to swim on your back and use your feet to push you away from the rocks which depends where, other times there’s so much rocks you have to maneuver fast away more dangerous areas and have to swim and push them away if too close. If you get slammed up to one it could trap you there with the force of the water and drown you. Sometimes moving so fast it’s like getting hit by a bat or something. Those were times I was free swimming of thrown off a rubber raft at the Kern not in a boat. I think it would be more dangerous in a surge with the kinda debris in the water could even get thrown over you or cut you up. Then the bacteria from that water on open wounds. You’ll have no land or high ground to swim to. Maybe get at least a class 3 four person boast easier to maneuver than a larger one. Tie a long rope to it on the inside In case anyone falls out. Wear life jackets due to hypothermia and or a wet suit and potential injuries. Even your dogs. A water proof compartment for a phone if it works you can wear. Bandanas for injuries. If they tell you to get out get out. Those who stay or wait to long and can’t get out by then no one can help them. Hurricanes like to move at the last minute so if near you, you have to stay alert but the other issues is evacuating because they’re sure it’s going to hit or have a big surge and doesn’t then the cry wolf syndrome can make people mad they went through all that trouble for nothing and don’t go next time and that’s usually when they wait too long. Plus surges can come in early sometimes. Ax friend on the Texas Gulf told me about. Where some beach goers thought they had more time.