It sounds like it is still a good idea to get the heck out of the way.
Living in a place 12 ft above sea level with a 15 ft surge on the way sounds questionable.
i75 northbound has been a parking lot since yesterday... wonder how many teslas will be stranded amongst the evacuation routes...
The only mandatory evacuation in Polk Co is for trailers and mobile homes. This looks like it is going to be similar to Irma in 2017 in the FL interior, with lots of power outages.
On a personal note, I have been in the hospital for a blood infection; I was supposed to be discharged today with home health care, but that is not available, so the hospital is requiring me to ride out Milton there, with my family at home about three miles away.
how’s the EV’s doing on the EVAC?
I’m having flashbacks to the Hurricane Rita evacuation boondoggle fiasco back in 2005
Article: with about 6.5 million people fleeing their homes.
We live about 15 miles from the coast just north of Tampa and no one in our neighborhood is leaving.
So far it hasn’t even turned north yet. It is on a due east path to go between the keys and Cuba. Point is it may not hit where they say it is going to hit, they still don’t know for sure where it is going to hit. This is worse than knowing...
I don’t think I have ever seen them this inaccurate so far.
Google Maps shows nearly all highways are green (little traffic). DeSantis and Floridians seem to be doing a good job.
It took my daughter 2.5 hours to get from Tampa to Orlando today. (Her husband’s boss insisted he work until noon.)
drove from tampa to orlando last night... not even a single slow down
of course, if you’re an idiot and wait until the typical rush hour to hit the only major route between tampa and orlando then yes, you’d be stuck for a bit.
then again no one has mentioned post-storm... when I-4 will be covered in debris.
it’ll be a few days before those that came to orlando can make it back to the tampa area.