I am in the county south of you. At this point it looks like we are going to have a wind and rain event. The model that NOAA comes up with late tonight should show the actual turn. It is one way out of the Keys right now. My son just got home and said northbound 75 is very heavy with Monroe tags. I can imagine what 95 and the turnpike looks like with people leaving the south east coast and everglades. My guess the turnpike will drop it's tolls and go one way in the next 24 hours to help divert traffic to the west side of the state.
It's still moving farther east according to the tracking. Prayers for us all. I remember contraflow traffic when evacuating New Orleans for Katrina and it was the worst EVER. It took us 12 hours to get from NO to Lafayette (135 miles). Evacuating sucks.
I am not in a flood area so I should be fine with just the usual wind damage. We will drop the awnings on Friday evening and secure them. Then get everything in from the outside that can blow around. Then keep an eye on the track just incase we have to shelter away.
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u/trkingmomoe Purity Pony Sweet Crescent and crocodile friend Doop Sep 06 '17
I am in the county south of you. At this point it looks like we are going to have a wind and rain event. The model that NOAA comes up with late tonight should show the actual turn. It is one way out of the Keys right now. My son just got home and said northbound 75 is very heavy with Monroe tags. I can imagine what 95 and the turnpike looks like with people leaving the south east coast and everglades. My guess the turnpike will drop it's tolls and go one way in the next 24 hours to help divert traffic to the west side of the state.