By Matt Hardigree
Jalopnik
NEW YORK — One of the quirks of modern safety preparation and advanced storm warnings is that, while people still die in hurricanes in the U.S., many of the deaths occur after the storm has passed. And those deaths are often avoidable with just a little safety consciousness.
Hurricane Ike — the third costliest storm in U.S. history — is a good example of how you can die after the storm and how to avoid it. A study of the storm’s impact in Texas determined the “majority of deaths were indirectly related to the hurricane.”
I.E., most people died trying to recover from or prepare for the storm than were killed directly by the storm. Here’s how not to be one of those people.
Full story: Seven Easily Avoidable Ways To Die In A Hurricane