I recall watching the TV as people were driving out of town. Pickup trucks with empty beds, cars with only one or two people in them.
Is that how you would have driven out of town? Myself, I would have made sure that my older neighbors who didn't drive anymore were riding in one of my family vehicles, that they would have all of their needed medication with them, etc.
I know that I wouldn't have asked what they thought of the President before I offered them assistance.
I would have especially thought this to be true in the south.