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Florida DOT seeks solutions to fuel shortages during evacuations
Equipment World's Better Roads ^ | October 31, 2017 | Don McLoud

Posted on 11/03/2017 11:12:26 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A few weeks after calling on the Florida Department of Transportation to re-examine hurricane evacuation routes, Gov. Rick Scott is now directing the agency to look for ways to increase fuel capacity during such emergencies.

During evacuations for Hurricane Irma, gas stations around the state reported running out of fuel. Scott said the FDOT study, which would be submitted in January, address such shortages and how to overcome them.

“Last month, 6.8 million Floridians evacuated in preparation for Hurricane Irma, the largest evacuation in U.S. history, and we are committed to making sure our state remains fully prepared for any potential disaster,” Scott said in a statement. “Increasing the availability of fuel for evacuations at Florida gas stations is a top priority, and I look forward to reviewing FDOT’s findings.”

FDOT will work with other state agencies, Florida ports, law enforcement and fuel retailers on how to increase fuel capacity during emergencies, the statement says.

Before and after Irma’s arrival, Scott had ordered law enforcement to escort fuel trucks. At one point, more than half of gas stations in South Florida and up into Jacksonville reported being out of fuel. After the storm, the state’s ports were out of commission and could not accept fuel shipments, which exacerbated the post-Irma fuel shortage.

Scott also hopes to improve evacuation routes from the Interstate 75/Florida Turnpike Interchange near Wildwood to the Florida-Georgia state line and has directed FDOT to work with other agencies to look for solutions. That report is also expected in January.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: evacuations; fuel; hurricanes; infrastructure; irma; routes; shortages; transportation
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1 posted on 11/03/2017 11:12:26 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

PING.


2 posted on 11/03/2017 11:13:09 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Environ-MENTAL-ism is MENTAL)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Jerrycans.


3 posted on 11/03/2017 11:15:41 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

After all these decades, it’s a good question to be asked.


4 posted on 11/03/2017 11:16:01 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

let the free market reign; allow the price to rise and you’ll see plenty of fuel

the free market


5 posted on 11/03/2017 11:16:14 AM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

I have been developing a car that runs on panic. I’ll need a few million in federal grants to complete my research.


6 posted on 11/03/2017 11:16:25 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Let fuel distributors set up temporary fuel stations along evacuation routes - park a tanker with a car dispenser with police protection present. Have many of these set up.


7 posted on 11/03/2017 11:19:55 AM PDT by rigelkentaurus
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To: vooch

Wrong.
When all lanes are N bound there is no way for the fuel trucks to get to the stations.
Thats the problem not supply and demand


8 posted on 11/03/2017 11:20:48 AM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This is why mass evacuation is a bad policy.


9 posted on 11/03/2017 11:24:27 AM PDT by Romulus
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To: Army Air Corps

VERY nice.


10 posted on 11/03/2017 11:28:06 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: CGASMIA68

Didn’t they CLOSE OFF the south-bound lanes because of this and then people screamed at the traffic jams?


11 posted on 11/03/2017 11:29:08 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It’s probably best that most people don’t evacuate. More people get hurt preparing for or avoiding storms than get hurt by them.


12 posted on 11/03/2017 11:32:23 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: CGASMIA68

I wonder if a few extra pipelines would be helpful.


13 posted on 11/03/2017 11:35:21 AM PDT by lacrew
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Allow free market pricing to prevail during disasters and there’ll be adequate fuel available.

But imposing price controls is a proven way to cause supplies to dry up.


14 posted on 11/03/2017 11:36:03 AM PDT by MeganC (Democrat by birth, Republican by default, Conservative by principle.)
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To: rigelkentaurus

What the heck, dude? Now we can’t spend billions of dollars in research grants and federal tax funding to resolve the issue over the next two decades. Wow, you suck.

/s


15 posted on 11/03/2017 11:45:52 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: Romulus

I wonder what the ratio of deaths were between those that evacuated vs those that remained in place; there were some deaths due to accidents while evacuating.


16 posted on 11/03/2017 11:46:29 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: rigelkentaurus; Tolerance Sucks Rocks

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>> “Let fuel distributors set up temporary fuel stations along evacuation routes...” <<

You still have to fill up the temp equipment Einstein!
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17 posted on 11/03/2017 11:48:33 AM PDT by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

People have enough time to stock. This is not a government problem.


18 posted on 11/03/2017 11:49:16 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
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To: lacrew

EEEEK!!! EEEEEVIL PIPELINES!!!


19 posted on 11/03/2017 11:50:37 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Environ-MENTAL-ism is MENTAL)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

What about required generators at every gas station from 2005?


20 posted on 11/03/2017 11:51:11 AM PDT by keving (We the government)
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