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RV FULL TIMERS

RV Hurricane Prep Tips

RV full timers, find themselves in harms way, when a hurricane is heading their way. Unlike other natural disasters like earthquakes, tornadoes, flash floods and wildfires, a hurricanes come with advance notice. Here are some tips on how you can prep your RV before the storm.

Keep your tanks at their optimal levels, always. 

When an evacuation is ordered, local fuel stations will become absolutely clobbered with everyone filling up. Trying to maneuver your large RV in that chaos will be a disaster in itself. 

Fuel can become scarce as the storm approaches and remain that way for days or weeks after the storm. Always keep your fuel tanks full, so you’re ready to turn the key and drive away or able to use your generator after the storm when power may be out for weeks. 

Keep your fresh water tank topped off as well, especially in the day or two before a storm approaches. Some RV parks may actually turn off water in preparation, and after the storm water may be unavailable due to contamination or water main breaks. Use those RV water tanks to your advantage. 

Definitely empty those black and grey tanks in advance of the storm! You just don’t know when you’ll be able to dump again, as drainage systems could become backed up with flooding from the storm. 

As you’re evacuating, continue to track the storm – it’s path could change to intersect with your destination!

Stay in the know and get as far away from the storm.

After the storm, if you decide to head back to where you evacuated from, investigate first to see if it’s even safe. Anticipate power and water not being available, massive damage, stores not being open or stocked for awhile and your RV park not even being suitable for return. 

If it is safe for return, your self-contained RV may be the perfect base camp to endure the challenges. Perhaps you can even bring in supplies from outside to help others, and pitch in and help with the clean-up while locals are dealing with significant damage.

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