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 FDOTs 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 Irmas 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 states 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.
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?
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.
Well maybe a bit more than 1-2cans. I’m thinking the 5gal Army-style fuel cans
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?
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.
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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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You radical right wing dingbats are all the same /s
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
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
whatever that means
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Go back to sleep.
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When we evacuate we take clothing, water, kids, pets and other supplies. There’s no room for gas cans...
sorry - price controls never solve supply shortages.
motor traffic jams were North bound only. not south bound
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
Well why not gosh you sound like some idiot that lives in an area subject to evacuations and dependent on the Gov (sarc)
LOL - yep, that thar’s right...
express lanes only and even that only for a short time
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