Tips for getting through a hurricane?

Greetings guys! Being that I'm living in hawaii and we have this hurricane approaching, any last second tips from those of you who have lived through one? Like dont drive my 3rd gen in the wind due to risk of flipping over or not to ford any streams? Jk haha. But in all seriousness, any tips from you survivors, experts, overlanders would be sweet. Thanks!!

 

1. Park truck on higher ground.
2. Forget truck and get you and family somewhere safe to shelter.

Truck is not important. People are.

 

Everything @hiPSI said and it's Aloha not greetings....

 

Oh yeah.....I've been brainwashed writing all these professional style papers and stuff throughout life that I forget i can chill out with my language now lol. But totally, my family is safe, we have water and canned food so hopefully we're prepared. Only thing tho is that i work in the medical field so i might have to leave home to head to work..but it's for the benefit of others. I love helping people.

 

During hurricanes, wind can cause trees to fall and debris to be blown around which can damage the vehicle if its hit... but usually the worst damage is due to flooding so getting it to higher ground is a good idea. Personally though, I keep my vehicle ready to go incase where I'm located starts flooding or becomes so damaged that I need to leave. Insurance exists for a reason.

 

Have lots of fuel on hand. Fill your Jerry cans. If the power gets knocked out, they won’t be able to pump gas.

 

Many considerations, but right now, it depends which Island you're on of course in predicting potential impact. Also, how close to the water you live: Ewa Beach would be more concerning than Mililani for example due to storm surge, etc. Basic things you need depend on the members of your household of course. Elders, neonates, toddlers, adolescents, all with different needs. And don't forget your pets too. In general/broad sense you need battery or hand crank radio tuned to local emergency channel, flashlights with batteries vs coleman lantern either propane or liquid fuel. What goes off the store shelves quickest when a storm is barreling in? Bleach, toilet tissue, bottled water, bread. It all goes in minutes. Estimates for water usage per person per day vary widely. You can clean out and fill up a bathtub, and there are also 100 gallon water bladders on Amazon available that you can put in a tub and then fill. All vehicles need to be on full. Refill any needed prescriptions early. Canned food, dried food is essential, but you also must have a manual can opener. If you have a generator, great. Make sure it has spare gas, and only use it for essentials like keeping your freezer running. It's good to have a number of propane tanks and cylinders around, and a gas grill/camp stove you can cook on. These are pretty general recommendations, the specifics depend a lot on where you are, and what your family's unique needs would be.
There are many electric transmission lines in jeopardy of being downed by trees, and there are areas where there are tons of Albezia trees, whose only purpose in existence is to fall down on power lines. Sorry if this applies to you. HI infrastructure is not in the least bit robust, and remember we live on an island 2500 miles away from the US mainland. For the first couple of days, you could seriously be on your own. We know there are not many shelters, and little food/perishible resources. Consider that essentially everything we need gets flown in or shipped in, and that takes time.
On 9/11, no planes were allowed to land for a week or more, and supply ships were not allowed to dock. Many many large vessels were anchored off shore, unable to unload their much needed supplies. This was a bit worse than a Hurricane, but reinforced how fragile we are out here.

 

I'm hoping the Hurricane doesn't hit the islands as my brother lives in Kailua !!

He told me it's supposed to get close to Honolulu Waikiki Beach areas and being the Koolua Mtns are in between it will lessen the damage where he lives

 

Best of luck to you if you have to drive through it if it hits us like Iwa did in 1982.
I drove a cab back then while going to college and worse thing that happened was the back window of my cab blew out while I was transporting one of many people that were stranded and very few cabs were out there to brave the storm to rescue people stranded at the airport etc.. Best protection for your taco is to park it at higher ground as others have mentioned and perhaps even go stay at a hotel where your truck and family will be surrounded by concrete that is also equipped with back up power.

 

Do exactly what the news tells you! Because they know everything and have nevee been wrong

But really, safety is priority. Sometimes you need to make tough xalls and be resdy yo act on them whether thats leaving everything except what you can carry, or shelter in place. Have the tools and supplies resdy for both, but also discuss with the family how either situation could happen and practice it.
Supplies for 7 days for each person, propane grill, food, h2o, sanitary.
We get some bad storms and the minimum we loose power is 2 days, however average time is about 4 days due to our isolation regardless of proximity to major metro areas.

 

Damn Brian, you're up late Finish that last BLO and go to sleep.

 

No just csnt sleep, knee has a tendency to throb all night and keep me just barely asleep unless I've been on my feet all day then it turns into sleep for a couple hrs then toss the rest of the night

 

I lived in Hawaii for iniki. We parked our vehicles in an open field.

 

Those mountains are like a bowl and trap stuff in. We are in for heavy rain if that happens

 

Never gets old.



Just like any storm - have food and water. I’ve lived here for six years and been through plenty of east coast throw downs whether it be coastal hurricane winds or hurricane flooding in the mountains, and common sense will take you a long way.

If this is your first storm in Hawaii, stay off the roads. The water gets off the roads as fast as a car overheating on the H1.

 

Fucking Lie Hagi lol

 

Active about this in the Hawaii section btw.

 

great! I have some leaves which need to be raked. Saturday, say 9:00 am? could you bring some muffins, too? thanks in advance.



and good luck riding out the storm!

 

i know homes in hawaii tend to have large open windows, so you may want to board them up or put so masking tape or something. its a common practice here. otherwise, its as everyone else has said. I will say that at a CAT 5, be safe. good luck!