The last few years, I have prepped and evacuated for 2 hurricanes at 1000 bucks per hurricane..............that turned away at the last instant.
I just can't afford it this year.
Hope they prep. properly and I hope it swings away.
If you need to evacuate and going north or south on I95, do what I did last year and take US1 or A1A. I left west palm and ran into a parking lot on I95 about 10 exits up so I pulled off and went to a restaurant to come up with "plan B".
As I topped off at a busy gas station with the owner directing traffic to the pumps, I asked him what he thought. He said (southern accent) "It's wiiiide open on A1A............smooooooth sailin'" I asked about the road intersecting where we were (us1) and he said "I'll be dammed...........It's wiiiiiide open too".
I drove parallel to I95 on US1 all the way up to jacksonville, stayed overnight at a hotel, and did the same thing "parallel the main road" all the way to atlanta. Average speed 45mph.
It was scenic, relaxing, and you could sometimes see the interstate through the trees dead stopped with people peeing on the side of the highway because it took 2 hours to go a single exit.
One thing to know about the small towns on the parallel roads, going through the main intersection is not always straight through to continue. I found many main intersections had you making a turn or you were no longer on your preferred road. Have to watch the signs carefully and not believe some of the electronic navigation systems. A real map is good.
