"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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"Peter R." wrote:

As a relatively new aircraft owner who has seen these pictures from
other hurricanes, I don't understand why these owners wouldn't have
flown their airplanes to safety during the few days prior to the event.

Generally, by the time they know where the 'cane is going to hit, it's too
late to
move anything.

Even in the '70s, we had no trouble in the Air Force evacuating the planes
out of the way of typhoons and hurricanes. I remember going to Japan to sit
out a typhoon while it swept over our families at Clark. A duty officer was
assigned back home to check on our families. His report was that although
there was a lot of damage and that power and water were off, most of the
families were OK, "except for Campbell."

He found Jane in the back yard having set up garbage cans to catch rain
water. Everything that was likely to tip over and cause damage was already
tipped over and fastened down and the windows blocked and taped. The house
looked like a fortress. Jane was already running around the neighborhood,
delivering food and supplies to neighbors, passing messages, etc., in our
Subaru. The duty officer thought she was the most extreme example of
emergency preparedness that he had ever heard of. His comment was that
having a wife like that probably explains a lot about Campbell.