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“On Sunday, September 10, 2017 Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm, approached the state of Florida. In anticipation of the life-threatening winds, rain and flooding, a lot of nervous residents evacuated north creating massive traffic jams on Interstates 75, 95 and the Florida Turnpike. Many others decided to shelter in place and ride out the storm; I was among those who chose to hunker down.

As it turns out, Irma was a killer storm, it showed no mercy and took no prisoners. (The unofficial death toll in Florida exceeded 70.) For a while it seemed as if Irma could be the storm that would finally wipe South Florida off the map. Irma’s path veered to the west, however, and heavily populated Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties avoided a direct strike; the Florida Keys were not as lucky. South Florida got lots of rain, considerable wind damage, and a power outage that, for many, would last for well over a week – but all in all, it could have been much worse.

In the aftermath, there were many examples of the prepared, the unprepared and the under-prepared. There were also many lessons to be learned from the experience. After all, no matter how good your preparations and plans are, there will always be ample room for improvement if you’re paying attention; this is especially true during an actual disaster.

Many of these lessons are not unique to tropical storms, and can be applied to many other disaster situations. If there was anything positive to come from Hurricane Irma, it was the very loud wake-up call that many people got.

I found the examples below to be particularly interesting. You may consider them as insights to add to your survival tool box, or even a confirmation of things you may already know, but they are all powerful reminders that we must always be prepared, and that we can never let our guard down.

In this article we take a look at some of the lessons learned before, during, and after Hurricane Irma.”

SWAT Magazine (March 2018)

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Read Article HERE! Hurricane Irma – Lessons Learned – SWAT Magazine (March 2018)

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