Florida DOT seeks solutions to fuel shortages during evacuations

Equipment World's Better Roads ^ | October 31, 2017 | Don McLoud

[Freee-dame]

Tankers can’t deliver fuel when all the highways lanes are one-way leave town.

Gas stations along interstate highways are at interchanges. Why would tanker trucks ever have to drive on the interstate? Couldn't they just come to the interchange by way of the intersecting cross road?

[Svartalfiar]

Florida from top to bottom is less than 400 miles. Most people should be able to get out of the state on a single tank. Someone in the Everglades would need 1-2 fuel cans and they’d be fine, considering most vehicles get around 300 miles to the tank.

[Svartalfiar]

Well maybe a bit more than 1-2cans. I’m thinking the 5gal Army-style fuel cans

[Svartalfiar]

How are the tankers getting to those intersecting roads? Are they taking back roads the 200+ miles to get down into the peninsula? Which are probably also decently backed up from everyone trying to bypass the congested highway?

[AppyPappy]

I’m not stupid enough to live in a place where I have to evacuate and then look around wondering who will take care of me.

[editor-surveyor]

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Are you just ignoring the fact that most people have less than 1/2 tank of fuel, and 1/2 loves of bread on the shelf?
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[editor-surveyor]

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>> “I’m not stupid enough to live in a place where I have to evacuate and then look around wondering who will take care of me.” <<

You radical right wing dingbats are all the same /s

[GOPJ]

Last Hurricane some people were afraid to leave because they were concerned about getting gas on the road... For me - coming back after the evacuation was the problem - we didn't run into one open gas station or restaurant... Luckily we started with a full tank. I'm thankful Gov. Rick Scott is looking into this...

[CGASMIA68]

Yea on a good day with out bumper to bumper traffic coupled with break downs and overheat shitboxes.
Nope stay put as I did for 40 years and never regretted it

[CGASMIA68]

No but your obviously smart enough sarc to have all the answers for those that are stupid enough live in a place like that and too stupid to figure it out on there own..

[CGASMIA68]

the exact reason I never left.I lived on the east side of the intercostal and once those bridges went up they stayed up for days and even if you had no damage you couldn’t get back, we never left

[CGASMIA68]

whatever that means

[editor-surveyor]

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Go back to sleep.
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[GOPJ]

When we evacuate we take clothing, water, kids, pets and other supplies. There’s no room for gas cans...

[vooch]

sorry - price controls never solve supply shortages.

motor traffic jams were North bound only. not south bound

[CGASMIA68]

At a point in time they make N&S N bound.

Just one story and there is a term for it also:

http://www.nbc-2.com/story/36325870/i-75-sb-express-lanes-reversed-to-northbound-in-georgia-only

[CGASMIA68]

Well why not gosh you sound like some idiot that lives in an area subject to evacuations and dependent on the Gov (sarc)

[GOPJ]

LOL - yep, that thar’s right...

[Svartalfiar]

Are you just ignoring the fact that most people have less than 1/2 tank of fuel, and 1/2 loves of bread on the shelf?

Yes. Obviously someone on half a tank isn't going to go 300 miles. But that's besides my point. Getting out of the evacuation zone there shouldn't have been that much of a fuel issue. Yes, people would need to top off and I doubt stations have enough gas to do that for everyone. But it shouldn'thave been such the issue that it was / that this article is about.

[vooch]

express lanes only and even that only for a short time