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I dont understand this. Apparently they dont always put windows in
the attics in that area. I dont think I have ever seen a house
without one or more windows in the attic. Common sense says that when
the water is up to your chest and you are in an attic, it's time to
break a window and swim. Yet, on the news they were showing rescuers
using chainsaws and sawing thru roofs. That tells me there were no
windows.

No tall attics are meant to be habitable. Many are just a space above the
ceiling and only a small hatch to access it. Mine has gable vents, no floor
except a couple of planks down the center. If I could get there in rising
water and save my life, I'd give it a try. You get desperate when death is
very close.