For shorter term, during otherwise decent weather conditions, and have a boat – suitable-size cabin cruiser and up – such could be a shorter-term alternative if primary house gets into (e.g.) utilities outages.
Criteria | ESSCABs | Boats | Comment |
Heat-Vent-Air Cond (HVAC) | Yes! | Some types | Optional on cabin cruisers and up, think 25 ft+, $100k+ |
Tornados, Hurricanes | Yes! | Heck No | Sure don’t want to be on water when risk of very strong winds. |
Flooding | Yes! | Well… | Sure could but be aware of all debris that often goes along with floodings. |
Guest / Spare House, Office | Yes! | No… not really | Think of elderly, people using walkers, width of doors, steps, … |
Sauna | Yes! | No | Not on ‘Boats’, think Yacht, millions of US$. |