8 jobs that go into overdrive when a natural disaster strikes
September 13, 2018 at 11:27 AM EDT
With Hurricane Florence set to deliver a devastating blow to the Carolinas beginning late Thursday morning, residents there are bracing for the worst. Yet despite the fact that the U.S. experienced its highest number of billion-dollar disasters in 2017, about 60 percent of homeowners still lack a disaster preparedness plan. Here are eight jobs that go into overdrive when calamity strikes.