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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down3·1 day agoYou can’t really be claiming that houses are no safer than boats in a hurricane.
minus-squareblusterydayve26@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoOh gods no. I’m saying get the fuck out of the southeast US while you still can!
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·9 hours agoDepends on the hurricane and how close it is. Boats can be better in flood conditions but there’s the potential to capsize them. There’s going to be a bit of risk calculus going on.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoYou can when the boat is half way up the coast in the Chesapeake bay.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 day agoExactly how fast do you think a sailboat someone lives on goes?
minus-squarePriorityMotif@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 day agoProbably pretty quick when it gets hit by a hurricane.
minus-squareSimulation6@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoMove the boat north before hurricane season starts. Sounds like a major pain, now that I think about it.
minus-squarebbuez@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoThen why have we invented houseboats? It’s clearly the best of both worlds
Just like houses!
You can’t really be claiming that houses are no safer than boats in a hurricane.
Oh gods no. I’m saying get the fuck out of the southeast US while you still can!
Depends on the hurricane and how close it is. Boats can be better in flood conditions but there’s the potential to capsize them. There’s going to be a bit of risk calculus going on.
You can when the boat is half way up the coast in the Chesapeake bay.
Exactly how fast do you think a sailboat someone lives on goes?
Probably pretty quick when it gets hit by a hurricane.
Move the boat north before hurricane season starts. Sounds like a major pain, now that I think about it.
Then why have we invented houseboats? It’s clearly the best of both worlds