First if the media says that the hurricane is a category 5, your automatically going to have to evacuate. In the article “This is what a category 5 hurricane can do to your house” states that “ category 5 hurricanes has winds with up to 185 mph and can destroy a decent size house”. Many people have died because they can't either afford to leave their house or they think their house can handle the wind, which is incorrect. In the article “This is what a category 5 hurricane can do to a house” it states “Hurricane Irma hit key west as a category 5 and wiped out the whole city while people were under a mandatory evacuation. …show more content…
Most people put up shutters or board their houses up. Sometimes but not all the time works, because some people are either homeless or just don't have enough money to put shutters up. To have food in your house and a lot of water is the way to go. Your not always certain if the power may go out. Especially get all of your supplies a couple of days before the hurricane comes. Some of the stores will run out of stuff especially water. In the article “This is what a category 5 hurricane can do to your house” states that “No matter if a hurricane 1 or 2 is coming you always need to get food and