There is something selfish about those that live inland to leave at the same time as those that live on the coast. For your education purpose, coastal areas receive more water, wind and damage than those that live inland.
My brother, who lives in the coastal area, left his house at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday evening. It took him 30 hours to get to his destination, which normally is a four hour drive.
If the chicken-shit selfish inland people would have waited one day, the traffic would not have been so horrible.
Um, maybe your brother should have taken the initiative to leave sooner himself since he was coastal and all...