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A comment on Ask HN: My house might burn down in the next 24 hours. Suggestions?.

Re:Ask HN: My house might burn down in the next 24 hours. Su... by Distant_horizon on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @08:48PM (#15446487)
USPS will automatically put a 'hold' on your mail when the home is unsafe for delivery and you'll have to pick it up from the local PO. It may be best to forward it to another residence.

https://www.usps.com/manage/forward.htm

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Re:Ask HN: My house might burn down in the next 24 hours. Su... by peacelilly on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @09:31PM (#15446668)
During Hurricane Matthew, Fedex delivered a package to my door while the island I live on was under a mandatory evacuation order. The package got destroyed. My advice is to contact the sender and have them put a hold on it.
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Re:Ask HN: My house might burn down in the next 24 hours. Su... by s0rce on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @12:09AM (#15447219)
At least according to UPS they will not deliver to places under evacuation notice.

https://www.ups.com/us/en/service-alerts.page?id=alert1

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Re:Ask HN: My house might burn down in the next 24 hours. Su... by chimeracoder on Wednesday October 11, 2017 @09:13AM (#15449433)
> At least according to UPS they will not deliver to places under evacuation notice.

That's UPS, not USPS. I wouldn't really trust either one of them, but if there's one I'd trust to do the obviously wrong thing, it's USPS.

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