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• https://rvlifestyle.com, By Mike Wendland

As hurricane season starts, it's a reminder of how serious emergency weather preparation for RVers needs to be taken.

In bad weather, RVs are seriously vulnerable. A sticks and bricks building is always safer. But because an RV, by its very definition, is mobile, it has one huge advantage over most structures: It can – and should! – be moved when there are dangerous weather warnings.

It's not just hurricanes, of course. There are tornados, wildfires, blizzards, floods, electrical storms, and many other emergency situations that all RVers can encounter. Having an emergency plan and being prepared should be at the top of every RVers priority list.

What should RVers do before an approaching hurricane?

As soon as it looks like your area is about to be under a Hurricane Watch, have your fuel tank filled. If your RV or its generator uses propane, fill that, too.

Get to a supermarket and buy bottled water and enough food to get you out of the area. When it's a Hurricane Warning, you'll find fuel stations with long lines and outages and grocery stores with bare shelves.

Follow the advice of local officials. If evacuations are being suggested, don't think about it. Unhook and get out. Immediately. Roads will quickly clog. Traveling in an RV is slow enough. You want to be on the road before gridlock sets in.

Don't dally. Following the evacuation routes away from the storm and drive long and hard to get out of the approaching storm. The sooner you can get to a safe zone the sooner you can find a welcoming campground to stay until the emergency passes. HINT: Those campgrounds will quickly fill with other hurricane refugees.

Closely monitor news stations in the areas you drive through. Keep checking weather apps, monitor a NOAA weather radio (every RVer should have one), and pay careful attention to the emergency signs on freeways and turnpikes advising of changing traffic situations.
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