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Title: Anyone in the path of Hurricane Harvey? What do you do with your bus?
Post by: Darkspeed on August 25, 2017, 07:15:48 AM
Just curious what people do with their buses to prepare?

Anyone use their bus as a backup source or power / water / sanitation?

If you are in the path hope everything is ok...
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Post by: scanzel on August 25, 2017, 08:04:51 AM
If I had to evacuate I would load up water (holding and bottled), fuel, dump holding, stock up on food, bring important papers, extra clothes, medical supplies and head for some high ground away from any rivers or dam areas. Don't forget wine for the wife, beer and bourbon for me.
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Post by: Zephod on August 25, 2017, 08:52:13 AM
Quote from: scanzel on August 25, 2017, 08:04:51 AM
If I had to evacuate I would load up water (holding and bottled), fuel, dump holding, stock up on food, bring important papers, extra clothes, medical supplies and head for some high ground away from any rivers or dam areas. Don't forget wine for the wife, beer and bourbon for me.
Same here though I'd leave the wife behind as well.


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Post by: edvanland on August 25, 2017, 09:45:06 AM
Don't forget you animals they will need you.
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Post by: Dave5Cs on August 25, 2017, 07:38:14 PM
We are in Texas tonight but the north east.
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Post by: luvrbus on August 25, 2017, 08:24:34 PM
Looks like Harvey is making landfall at Rockport Tx that is just north of Corpus Christi,hurricanes never bothered me much living on the Gulf Coast the friggn tornadoes one would spawn did though     
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Post by: Oonrahnjay on August 25, 2017, 09:28:45 PM
Quote from: luvrbus on August 25, 2017, 08:24:34 PMLooks like Harvey is making landfall at Rockport Tx that is just north of Corpus Christi,hurricanes never bothered me much living on the Gulf Coast the friggn tornadoes one would spawn did though     

        Same in NC.
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Post by: lvmci on August 26, 2017, 12:32:03 PM
Hi Clifford, are you down by your property near Houston? tom...
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Post by: luvrbus on August 26, 2017, 12:47:08 PM
No Tom we are in Scottsdale till Sun then going to Mohave Valley for few days then head down to Anahauc to check for damage. lol I sure wish someone would make her a deal she couldn't refuse on that property  ;D
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Post by: gg04 on August 26, 2017, 01:40:24 PM
Currently looking like it will back up on Anahuac... we never stay for hurricanes..as Cliff says tornadoes are the worst.. We are currently in Gulfport...rdw
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Post by: Dave5Cs on August 27, 2017, 06:32:12 AM
Now in Western Missouri , Joplin area and all is good. ;D
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Post by: brmax on August 27, 2017, 09:13:26 AM
Good day to ya
And with pleasure we welcome you all to Missouri

Floyd

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Post by: eagle19952 on August 27, 2017, 11:24:20 AM
Quote from: luvrbus on August 26, 2017, 12:47:08 PM
No Tom we are in Scottsdale till Sun then going to Mohave Valley for few days then head down to Anahauc to check for damage. lol I sure wish someone would make her a deal she couldn't refuse on that property  ;D


Must be ok there. Folks in Anahuac are gearing up boats and headed to Houston/Galveston to do water rescues...5 feet of water inside the SH tollway in NE FT.Bend county.

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Post by: Scott & Heather on August 27, 2017, 02:52:54 PM
I spend half the year in Texas every year. UsuAlly we winter down there. We were in Houston this past winter and have a lot of close friends down there. It's an utter mess. During hurricane season if we are down south, I monitor the weather daily. If I hear an inkling of a tropical depression, my ears perk, and if it becomes a named tropical storm and there's any chance of landfall near me, I'm evacuating in my bus. I rode out hurricane Irene in my old bus and that was the first and last time I'll ever do that.


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Post by: brianzero on August 27, 2017, 03:40:32 PM
We were right in that path of Harvey, an hour east of Austin! We have leaks on the ceiling that we didnt even know we had before the torrents of rain. Weve have driving sideways rain for a few days, probably 15" of rain, but the bus is high and dry. We chose high ground to park on, and thus safe for now.

Were surrounded by mud, and will be definitely be stuck until this dries. We have plenty of fuel and gas aboard.