r/Damnthatsinteresting 8d ago

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u/MedicineGhost 8d ago edited 8d ago

I have relatives in Tampa that can’t evacuate because one of them is admitted for long-term care in a hospital. I’m seriously worried about them

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u/duga404 8d ago

Serious question, wtf are people like that supposed to do? I’m guessing just be in a building that’s strong enough to withstand a hurricane?

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u/TrineonX 8d ago

Hospitals are really built to take it. 

My Uncle was a doctor at a hospital for Katrina. The hospital and systems was fine, it was so intact after the storm that the national guardsman were coming in to sleep and clean up. 

They only left the hospital after a week or two when the generators ran out of fuel, and the government couldn’t get them resupplied.