[QUOTE=katezbox;213703]AG - I agree with your post on hurricane damage. As an old water co girl, water is one of the hardest hit commodities in hurricane, tornado or flood. Damage from the storm can rupture mains and service lines and heavy rains and flooding can contaminate the system.QUOTE]
I can relate to that! When we returned to our house in Gulfport MS after evacuating to Memphis during Katrina (we stayed 5 nights in Memphis before we were told it was ok to return) our electric and phone service had already been restored by the time we got home. Our house was located about ten miles inland. But we were under a boil water alert for 10 days after we got home. And since they said don't shower in the water if you have any cuts or scrapes (and who doesn't have a little nick someplace on their body?) we "showered" with pitchers of boiled water.
We had it so easy in those early days after Katrina compared to all the people who lost everything, and I'm talking in Mississippi not New Orleans, but it's an experience I'll never forget. If a hurricane with the force of Katrina, Rita or Wilma were to come ashore in central florida it is possible The Villages could be in for a very rough ride. I hope it never happens.
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