Indego
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Hi All,
Well it looks like Hanna is heading up to where I am sitting on Cape Cod. I once sat through 50-60 mph in Daytona with all the slides in and my tanks full,jacks down. No problem except for the sand blasting. Where I am now is heavily treed so I will move to a parking lot somewhere close. Anyone have any idea how strong a wind it takes to tip over a 43' 2005 Mountain Air? Just wondering as it may get blowing pretty good Saturday night. Any other suggestions on how or what to prepare?
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GB
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Itchn2go
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Pray. Hopefully by the time it gets to you the winds will be down below 40mph and you should have nothing to worry about cept being away from the trees.
I think direction and gust speed would roll over a Moho more than a steady wind.. Course if you know where the leeward side of a tall building would be, thats always a good place. I fill my tanks and jacks down also. Can't domuch more.
They are predicting a strong Noreaster here in Va. and altho we are on the water we are protected from that direction unless the back side swings to the southwest. Good luck and be safe
Happy Trails.
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fatmanobx
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I don't think you will have any problem with the rig you have. The storm shouldn't be much by time it gets to you anyway.
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Indego
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Good points. I have 2 choices Shaw's or Stop and Shop parking lots. Shaws building will block the wind but I will have to check how well they tie down their shopping carts. The other proplem may be the local police chasing me out.
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wolfe10
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Why not drive out of the hurricane's path-- one of the advantages of having wheels!
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dav5942
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Check back in about a week and see if it even is coming close and has any winds left.
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Indego
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Driving away is an obvious option, but this storm which is supposed to reach us on Saturday night doesn't look that bad,hence my question about how big a blow would tip me over. If you look at a map of Cape Cod you will see that you need to drive a considerable distance to get out of metropolitan areas to find a place to camp that would not be effected. Now if hurricane Ike comes this way we may be forced to get out of Dodge.
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GB
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Economical Handyman
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wolfe10 wrote:Why not drive out of the hurricane's path-- one of the advantages of having wheels!
Ditto !
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camping man
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I'll tell it's going to take a lot more than Hanna to tip that over,unless their's a twister in it somewhere. My 5er sat out back of my yard a few years back with 120+ winds threw the eye of the storm, and it didn't tip over , and I didn't have any tanks filled or any thing to keep it down. Their was more damage to my home than the 5er. If anything, park it into the wind, less rocking that way. I can even remember calling my State Farm agent, and asking her it would be considered totaled if it ended up down the street, she told me lets just wait and see what happens first. 
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Polishnurse
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Just wondering if an act of God is covered under you insurance plan. Might want to check. The real danger is not tipping over, it's trying to get someone else's tree or roof out of the side of the RV. Then there's the question, how high is the water Momma, two feet high and rising. Good Luck Bill
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