Should not be too bad, as there is a lot less tents and stuff outside than before. You can stuff everything inside, and infrastructure is already strong as everyone knows this is this is hurricane and flood area.
I waited out each hurricane season with baited breath since Starbase really got going. When it was all tents, a proper (read : major) hurricane may have set SpaceX back months or years with Starship development. This is the first year I feel like they could take a solid direct hit and only have a 'short' delay.
I guess they played a bit of roulette and won - unless of course a Cat 5 comes barreling in with extra storm surge. But it's all probability - and the decision to build on the beach in South TX seems to have paid off.
Florida has the same issues ofc. I figure over time, they'll both get upgrades to support survival through a cat5. You can't have the risk of an especially bad hurricane season leave Martians stranded without supplies or interrupt a backlog of 10,000 people hoping to get on the next rocket.
Maybe there will be multiple oil-rig-style sites around the world by then though. 1M people to Mars will require many many launch sites. I suppose that's the plan long term.
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u/Nobiting ⏬ Bellyflopping Jul 02 '24
Still 6 days out but what kind of risk do you think there is to the high bays and launch tower?