a comment... the school I worked at for 28 years was built in the early 1970s, and during the first years of my employment (prior to Hurricane Andrew) was a designated county shelter...it provided relative wind and water protection, large dining capacity, sleeping capacity, parking, and toilet facilities...

after the building code change post Andrew, the facility did not meet the wind speed requirement to which newer schools were constructed... our parking lot was a staging area for about 100 power line trucks pre staged for Irma