If you can find gas, that's probably a good move. I was looking at the track and timeline, and your earlier posts and began to think you could get stuck in Atlanta until Thursday or Friday.Originally Posted by RJ
If you can find gas, that's probably a good move. I was looking at the track and timeline, and your earlier posts and began to think you could get stuck in Atlanta until Thursday or Friday.
@RJ Better safe than sorry, Rich. It's always a gamble packing up and leaving early. Either makes you the joker or the genius. Going late, once everyone is sure it's coming for a punch on the nose, is often near impossible with traffic and gas shortages. You played it smart, the rest of us just got lucky.
2:00pm Update: No changes. The good news, is that it's still moving slow at 8mph, which is allowing that turn later in the week.
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Sometimes you just never know. Leave early is always better than leave with everyone else and be stuck in traffic. Sure home that sucker stays out in the Atlantic.
You made the best choice with the info you had. Don't second guess it.
The gas situation may not be bad. I don't think a lot of people left, because there still aren't mandatory evacuations on the east coast. Stations are getting more gas, and Publix was well stocked with water and food this morning. I'm sure people will bitch that they were warned too early, but it spread out the panic buying.
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Exactly.
You roll the dice and make the best choice ‘at the time’. With a storm track over Tampa Bay on Thursday, we were quite ok with bugging out yesterday. Yesterday’s track was following us, and we didn’t see driving through S in TS or H force winds.
With the track trending right and Easterly, we felt either we go today, or wait 3-5 days.
Unfortunately the 5 day track shows a line intersecting Jacksonville N.C. where my step son is stationed. Prayers for any in the path of this storm. As say, we have ridden out many of these and know what a pita it can be.
Stay safe all.
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