They should pass this in New Orleans. Those folks down there could not be dumber. They ignore the warning every time.
Our “official” evacuation route would take us on I-64 west (actually north-northwest) through the Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel, a route that backs up for 10 miles every Sunday in the summer with tourists trying to get home. Plus, since the hurricanes historically come from the south, evacuating that was would just be running away in the path of the storm. Wherever you stop, the storm will come there. Logic would say to move perpendicular to the storm's path, to get out of it's way.
But like my Dad, I will prepare for the worst, and to quote him, “I ain't goin’ no damn where, I'm stayin’ right here.” With over 80 years of living in the #2 Atlantic coast target for hurricanes he knew what he was doing.