Getting home for a Hurricane

You ask a very good question. One that's going to open a line of debate for sure.

Many companies will try to "assist" with this, in some form or other. But you need to be aware that states are starting to nail companies for damage their equipment causes during a storm... IE your truck and/or trailer gets blown into another piece of property while you are in the area.

The only way a company can insure they don't get nailed. Is to NOT have equipment in the area...IE you truck and trailer.

Your family will be pretty much on their own. But surely friends and family will come over and assist in the event you don't make it in time.

I know you are more concerned about getting your family out of harms way. But the reality is, you will want to secure stuff as well. Which takes time. Time you and your company may not have.

Have a backup plan...for everything.

 

Just a clarification here for you. They aren't fining them. They are charging them with a bill, for repairs and clean up of ANY property that is damaged or "littered" by their equipment.

That could be one hefty bill, especially if 10-20 people found scraps of a trailer in their yard...after the house was damaged too. 2 bills per household: Clean up and repair.

 

Thats funny LOL you're probably right.

That's the nuts and bolts of it. Most companies will try to accomodate you, somehow. Just be sure you have a backup, as the best laid plans of mice and men..........

 

I assume you work for a large company because if you worked for a small one, you'd just ask your dispatcher or boss. I'd have you get empty,park at a terminal and take other transportation home...bus,rental car,plane,horse?? Or maybe park and have another driver drop you off?? But that's just me and I don't count.