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Originally Posted by Bill14564
Don’t know what to tell you. Last year some headed away from the cone and went to Ft Myers - didn’t work out well. I haven’t been here 18 years but three or four hurricanes under our belt plus tales of the Villages leads me to believe this is the place I want to be.
The concern about power and trees makes sense… if there were raised power lines and large trees near homes here. I’m still feeling pretty good here.
Gas? Seems like human nature. A hurricane gets named and people run to the pumps. Wish it wasn’t that way but…
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I think you may be missing my point. People who live in Tampa area would not go to Ocala/Villages to evacuate. The roads out are policed and you are given which direction to travel. It is a very organized process. Last year, traffic was directed to drive north up the coast line. I can't imagine anyone went toward Ft Meyers because they would have been stopped and directed to go another direction. The possibility of having thousands and thousands of cars on the highways is dangerous and some people may run out of gas. Each area is told what day and time to evacuate to avoid this. Ocala/Villages is not an area we are ever told to go. It doesn't make sense to go there. However, relatives and friends of Villagers probably head that direction before mandatory evacuations are announced. This is allowed.
The other reason the roads are policed is to allow emergency trucks easy entrance into the state once the hurricane has moved on. If everyone is returning on I-75, this would make that impossible.This is why people are directed to head to an area outside of the Weather Station cone.