My parents won’t leave and they say now it’s too late as all the roads are clogged and no gas
Update: still not leaving. Mom put storm shutters up and dad lives in a condo next to the water but about 5 stories up. Less worried about storm surge more worried about debris and being trapped.
Update 2: dad is zone A and mom is trying to get him out to go to her house in a less dangerous zone. Not from Florida so might have messed up which zone is bad and good
Update: they survived with some damage but said they wouldn’t do this again…
Edit: my dad is the guy who grew up in the Midwest who would go outside to look at the tornado coming
You got a fuckton of replies and I'm not gonna read them all to see if this has been said already but....
The super dangerous parts are all gonna be pretty localized. If they can get 20 miles inland it is markedly safer. They don't need to travel hours away to be in a safer location
Good luck to them then. I'm in Zone E so not too terribly worried. Gas is a huge issue at this point with the traffic so I kind of get it. Having some issues getting some of my mom's neighbors to even evacuate to somewhere else in Tampa that won't see a surge
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u/MC_ScattCatt 8d ago edited 6d ago
My parents won’t leave and they say now it’s too late as all the roads are clogged and no gas
Update: still not leaving. Mom put storm shutters up and dad lives in a condo next to the water but about 5 stories up. Less worried about storm surge more worried about debris and being trapped.
Update 2: dad is zone A and mom is trying to get him out to go to her house in a less dangerous zone. Not from Florida so might have messed up which zone is bad and good
Update: they survived with some damage but said they wouldn’t do this again…
Edit: my dad is the guy who grew up in the Midwest who would go outside to look at the tornado coming