[Paladin2]

Storm surge?

I stay at least a 100 ft above the local surface water level.

Renting beach properties is the way to go.

[lonestar]

Then you should know that the surge washes entire houses away.

My friends who had a beach house found theirs across the highway after Rita and the pictures were still on the wall...but the furniture was piled in a corner. Their entire addition washed away...on Crystal Beach.