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As I watched the news last night, about people lined up to get gas in order to flee, I was reminded of a policy that some areas had back during the OPEC embargo: limit each car to 10 gallons. That would help insure that more people have enough gas to head north (I shall assume that 10 gallons would get a car at least 200 miles, at 20 mph).
During Rita about 2 million people fled Houston. It would take 12-15 hours to make the 4 hour trip to DFW and people were running out of gas on the highways. They had to get gas trucks on the road to refill cars.
Lot of idling and burning fuel to go nowhere when the roads are at a standstill.
Over 100 people died just trying to evacuate Houston back in 2005.
During Rita about 2 million people fled Houston. It would take 12-15 hours to make the 4 hour trip to DFW and people were running out of gas on the highways. They had to get gas trucks on the road to refill cars.
Lot of idling and burning fuel to go nowhere when the roads are at a standstill.
Over 100 people died just trying to evacuate Houston back in 2005.
This is true. The sheer scale of an Irma evacuation is beyond logistical capability for south Florida alone. Let alone the many other states in the strike path.
Florida is doing a pretty bad job at informing people. They are saying people should evacuate, and at the same breath they are saying roads are congested and running out of gas. Some other channels say its best to stay put. No one has said which routes are fastest way out of town, or where there are still room at hotels. The governor keeps repeating old lines "we can rebuild your homes, but we can't rebuild lives", but offers no advice about where people can go. Shutters are mainly for those who are evacuating from mandatory evacuation zones.
Sounds this way. And the sheer logistics of evacuating a peninsula are mind boggling.
My best friend's mom was on the fence about evacuating. Her house is as hurricane-proof as it can be, according to her, so decided to stick it out due to traffic trying to get out of Miami. Last night, her neighborhood became a mandatory evacuation zone and she hit the road soon after (luckily had prepared for such contingencies - she's weathered a lot of hurricanes over the past 35 years in Miami!). She had hoped to get herself, her wife, and their recovering-from-surgery dog to Atlanta where they could have stayed with either my parents or some friends of mine. As of this morning, it looks like they only anticipate being able to get as far as Orlando. :\
Well, if they're pre-filled with water, you can see why people don't necessarily "stock up" on them: they are quite cumbersome and take up an enormous amount of space.
Otherwise you have to fill them yourself, and exposure to air is literally all that is needed to contaminate a water sample.
There's nothing in clean water that's going to support the growth of bacteria.
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Sounds this way. And the sheer logistics of evacuating a peninsula are mind boggling.
My best friend's mom was on the fence about evacuating. Her house is as hurricane-proof as it can be, according to her, so decided to stick it out due to traffic trying to get out of Miami. Last night, her neighborhood became a mandatory evacuation zone and she hit the road soon after (luckily had prepared for such contingencies - she's weathered a lot of hurricanes over the past 35 years in Miami!). She had hoped to get herself, her wife, and their recovering-from-surgery dog to Atlanta where they could have stayed with either my parents or some friends of mine. As of this morning, it looks like they only anticipate being able to get as far as Orlando. :\
Hopefully that will be far enough out of the path to keep them safe, because that's where my loved ones are riding out the storm.
My cousin in Florida was thinking of leaving to stay with relatives in Ontario.......Here is part of her face book post.... "checked flights earlier. Found three seats direct to Toronto. One ticket was $3000 and one almost $4000...ONE-way!"
"Florida is doing a pretty bad job at informing people."
B.S.
"No one has said which routes are fastest way out of town,"
What are these people babies?
If you live in Fl you KNOW the best ways out.
It only has so many Interstates going north so your choices are limited.
It is not a matter of knowing which roads lead North, it is a matter of being informed which routes are least congested, and where gas is still available. Even a child should understand this.
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