Just one small bit of info on the additional work a hurricane causes. My job in Uncles Air Force involved moving aircraft pallets. Aircraft pallets are 88x108 inches. Often they are stored outside either loaded with cargo or empty. Loaded with cargo, the pallets are placed in an open warehouse on top of three sticks of dunnage. The dunnage is 4x4s that are eight feet long. I was at Charleston AFB, SC back in '04 when hurricanes worked our ass off.
The reason we worked our ass off is due to having to move the aircraft pallets and many other items inside warehouses. So there we were, every person available moving the pallets inside and playing pick up sticks with ~500 pallets worth of dunnage. So, 500x3=1500 sticks. Just moving and securing the sticks was a pain in the ass. Then, we still had the cargo, equipment, and plenty of other things that were outside and needed to be secured either by moving inside or strapping/chaining down outside.
Normally, the main warehouse is organized and everything has a place. After we were done, the warehouse looked similar to a five pound can filled with ten pounds of sausage. We even shoe horned some vehicles inside. Then after the hurricane passes, we get to put everything back where it was and then remove the straps and chains from the stuff that stayed outside.
And to add even more fun to all that, SC was popular with the hurricanes in '04. Iirc, we played pick up sticks twice in two weeks.
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