I imagine, from my perspective of the very passerby perspective of the very lightly touched topic by the news cycle, of the occasional mass emigration whenever there’s a hurricane, everyone is in their cars, big lanes big traffic. The whole state seems to be prepared for this type of mass emigration by car but at the same time it seems to be really bad in terms of train or other mass transportation even by American standards.
How does homeless people manage to get by during hurricanes? Likely they won’t have cars and everything. What do they do in these situations?
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They don’t leave. They ride it out as best they can like everyone else who chooses not to go.
Cute.
Government and charitable groups provide buses or even just rides for those who need them.
> I imagine, from my perspective of the very passerby perspective of the very lightly touched topic by the news cycle, of the occasional mass emigration whenever there’s a hurricane, everyone is in their cars, big lanes big traffic.
Is this a word salad?
In Louisiana, the government opens mass shelters. They take in as many as they can, homeless or not. It’s likely the same in Florida. If the hurricane is severe enough, they’ll evacuate people to shelters in another area outside of the danger zone.
Go to a shelter. Usually police will drive around and inform homeless people of such things when it’s about to happen.
A hell of a lot easier than they do in places where most of the winter is spent at or below zero.
There are many services to help the homeless during hurricanes.
https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=help+for+homeless+in+florida+during+hurricane
We have shelters. Many homeless people do not use them more often because there are rules that they do not want to abide by. But when your life is at risk, you can follow some rules for a few days.
Homeless have a lot of death in extreme weather.
I looked up homeless deaths and weather and got Texas deaths because of the cold, Arizona deaths because of the heat. I can’t seem to find numbers for Florida, but Florida is not known for counting and sheltering their homeless well.
But hurricanes in general are pretty localized and it’s pretty easy to move a few hours away for a few days.
It’s not like trying to escape cold or hot weather long term. For example: “Just in the county that includes Phoenix, at least 130 homeless people were among the 339 individuals who died from heat-associated causes in 2021.”
Same as anywhere else I’d imagine. Prop up a tent somewhere and do their thing. If they ever need to evacuate they can just take public transportation out. Is it really anymore dangerous than being in a colder state where it’s cold?
Lots of people don’t leave.
The ones that stay probably find shelters.
I thought this was going to have something to do with the laws in FL. I’ve heard they’ve criminalized the hell out of it.
There are hurricane shelters that are open to the public. They usually use schools as shelters, and yes law enforcement are assigned to these shelters.
Buses are provided at times of mandatory evacuation for hurricanes for anyone who can’t get out on their own. Where I live, they even allow pets onto the busses now after a lot of people chose to stay behind during Hurricane Ike because they didn’t want to leave their fur babies.
Florida is probably one of the best places to be homeless. It’s relatively warm year round with no snow.
I’d rather be in California or Florida than anywhere cold. I often think about that as we have a few here in Sioux City and I remember both Omaha and Lincoln having a few, with Lincoln strangely having them more visible, especially closer to the capitol building and all the government office buildings.
I’m guessing you probably find a homeless shelter or you just find a public place in Florida or just go under an overpass and wait it out. I know that’s what happens during tornadoes out here.
I slept in a tent with a sleeping bag for two and a half years in the mountain cold. If I could do that then people can survive in Florida homeless are you kidding?
There are a lot of shelters available in hurricane prone areas, some government run and some private.
Homeless people use them, but also folks in flood-prone low lying areas that tend to wind up being the cheapest districts and concentrating people who have resource issues getting elsewhere but don’t want to ride it out in a risky house/apartment.
It’s easier than dealing with cold winters since it’s just occasional instead of half the year.