and the majority of people living in areas effected the worse weren't prepared, thought they could get out of dodge within thirty minutes, and generally didn't think they'd be hit by a hurricane.
Ah, our first trip to the Outer Banks. Mandatory evacuation because of Hurricane Felix. Took 2 hours to drive from Nags Head to Manteo -- a distance of about 5 miles.
Opps -wrong thread. Off to Buffistatechnology.
Fred -- that's exactly the problem. And then you have people in South Florida trying to evacuate and they all cram into the interstates and it takes forever.
Last year for one of thehurricanes my great uncle (who really shouldn't be driving the distances he does AT ALL) didn't want to evacuate from teh beach. Thank god they did because the road from their house to the main road flooded and was impassalbe.
refuses to wave to Aimee
(holding out for a visit promise)
We promise to visit. It is sad that we have lived in CA for almost 8 years and haven't been up there yet.
Yes it is. You should come soon.
You should come soon.
And I'll give you the same tour that I give to the movie stars.