[Flyers999]

My fellow Floridians. Please keep your gas tank at least ¾ filled until the hurricane season is over. Two years ago today, on October 5, 2024 Hurricane Milton hit the west coast of Florida and traveled completely through south Florida and exited on the Atlantic. An estimated six million Floridians were ordered to evacuate. The only problem was, to evacuate you need gasoline and when the southern evacuees got to this section of Florida, there was no gas to be bought! What the locals did was fill up on gasoline the night before! That’s too late.
Thanks for listening.

[CarlR33]

I have electric (Tesla) now what?

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by CarlR33

I have electric (Tesla) now what?

Hope you don’t have to evacuate and have to try to find a place to recharge it along with all the other EV’s in need of a recharge. I can leave with a full tank and bring along a few 5 gallon gas cans in the bed of our truck and drive around 1,000 miles before having to find a pump.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Flyers999

My fellow Floridians. Please keep you gas tank at least ¾ filled until the hurricane season is over. Two years ago today, on October 5, 2024 Hurricane Milton hit the west coast of Florida and traveled completely through south Florida and exited on the Atlantic. An estimated six million Floridians were ordered to evacuate. The only problem was, to evacuate you need gasoline and when the southern evacuees got to this section of Florida, there was no gas to be bought! What the locals did was fill up on gasoline the night before! That’s too late.
Thanks for listening.

Wasn't that the storm where the locals were topping off their tanks daily for about a week before the storm? Chances are, there will never be enough fuel in the area when 50,000+ residents all head to the station all in the same week to put two gallons in the car, two more in the cart, and five in the gas can.

Has this area ever been asked to evacuate? In my short time here there have been three times I have hosted my sister-in-law's family when they were told to evacuate. (and yeah, they had trouble finding enough gas to get here)

[biker1]

If the area was to be impacted by a hurricane, you would likely have at least 48 hours notice. The NHC storm track forecast are usually quite accurate at that time frame. In that case, you can charge to 100% and probably have 300 miles of range. If you decide to leave, that will get you well into GA and probably outside the influence of the hurricane. If you decide to stay, you will have 300 miles of range for any local travel even with a power outage. Regardless, I have not seen any power outages from the several hurricanes/tropical storms that have had an impact on our area in the last 12 years so charging would likely not be an issue. Even with Irma, whose center of circulation was about 50 miles or so to the west of us, we did not lose power. I have a Tesla and I am not concerned. Gas shortages may likely be more of an issue. I can "fill up" to 100% in my garage whenever I want.

Originally Posted by CarlR33

I have electric (Tesla) now what?

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Hope you don’t have to evacuate and have to try to find a place to recharge it along with all the other EV’s in need of a recharge. I can leave with a full tank and bring along a few 5 gallon gas cans in the bed of our truck and drive around 1,000 miles before having to find a pump.

Can you imagine if those 3500 cars & trucks got stuck on Rt. 128 during the Blizzard of '78, were all electric!

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

Can you imagine if those 3500 cars & trucks got stuck on Rt. 128 during the Blizzard of '78, were all electric!

No need to imagine, you should be able to find articles about the January 2022 stranding on I95 in Virginia.

Sure, 3500 EVs will take longer to charge than it will take to fill 3500 gas tanks but if you are number 130 in line it’s going to be a problem either way.

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by BrianL99

Can you imagine if those 3500 cars & trucks got stuck on Rt. 128 during the Blizzard of '78, were all electric!

A few winters ago there was a major snow/ice storm between Fredericksburg and Richmond Virginia during snowbird migration season that shut down I95 overnight on a very chilly/windy night because of jackknifed tractor trailers. Once the road finally reopened the next day traffic still couldn’t move because the road was clogged up with EV’s with dead batteries from running their heaters to start warm. It took hours to tow away all the dead EV’s so traffic could flow again.

We dodged a bullet, we were heading south during the storm and were planning on cutting across from Winchester VA to Fredericksburg, but after seeing the forecast we decided to stay on 81 and take 77 through Charlotte instead, avoiding the disaster on I95.

[LeRoySmith]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

Hope you don’t have to evacuate and have to try to find a place to recharge it along with all the other EV’s in need of a recharge. I can leave with a full tank and bring along a few 5 gallon gas cans in the bed of our truck and drive around 1,000 miles before having to find a pump.

I went 732 miles today between gas stops on a cross country trip, the light was on when I stopped but I still had a little left in the tank. F150 with the large capacity fuel tank. I think that will get us clear of the hurricane.

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

A few winters ago there was a major snow/ice storm between Fredericksburg and Richmond Virginia during snowbird migration season that shut down I95 overnight on a very chilly/windy night because of jackknifed tractor trailers. Once the road finally reopened the next day traffic still couldn’t move because the road was clogged up with EV’s with dead batteries from running their heaters to start warm. It took hours to tow away all the dead EV’s so traffic could flow again.

We dodged a bullet, we were heading south during the storm and were planning on cutting across from Winchester VA to Fredericksburg, but after seeing the forecast we decided to stay on 81 and take 77 through Charlotte instead, avoiding the disaster on I95.

Can you provide a link to an article corroborating that? I’ e tried but can’t seem to find one.

I lived in that area for most of 35 years. My first winter there I was astounded to see cars abandoned on the shoulder and even in the driving lane when it snowed as little as three inches! (And that was 1986, well before EVs). There is no doubt there were many vehicles to be towed after that incident but I would be very surprised if they were all (or even mostly) dead EVs.

[Taltarzac725]

My Dad ended up in his career as the Catastrophy Manager for a major insurance company. He liked it right here in the Villages. There are deadly tornadoes here on occasion but there's not a whole lot of preparation for them here. And they seem rare. Minneapolis had sirens, for example, for tornadoes coming there.

[BrianL99]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

A few winters ago there was a major snow/ice storm between Fredericksburg and Richmond Virginia during snowbird migration season that shut down I95 overnight on a very chilly/windy night because of jackknifed tractor trailers. Once the road finally reopened the next day traffic still couldn’t move because the road was clogged up with EV’s with dead batteries from running their heaters to start warm. It took hours to tow away all the dead EV’s so traffic could flow again.

We dodged a bullet, we were heading south during the storm and were planning on cutting across from Winchester VA to Fredericksburg, but after seeing the forecast we decided to stay on 81 and take 77 through Charlotte instead, avoiding the disaster on I95.

I was there, but I always take 81 & 77. On my way to TV to close on my house, Woke up in VA & it was about 12 degees. January, 2022. Snow on the ground, from NH to NC.

[Blackie]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

A few winters ago there was a major snow/ice storm between Fredericksburg and Richmond Virginia during snowbird migration season that shut down I95 overnight on a very chilly/windy night because of jackknifed tractor trailers. Once the road finally reopened the next day traffic still couldn’t move because the road was clogged up with EV’s with dead batteries from running their heaters to start warm. It took hours to tow away all the dead EV’s so traffic could flow again.

We dodged a bullet, we were heading south during the storm and were planning on cutting across from Winchester VA to Fredericksburg, but after seeing the forecast we decided to stay on 81 and take 77 through Charlotte instead, avoiding the disaster on I95.

Here is an ACTUAL account from someone who was in that chaos in a Tesla.

“I'''m Grateful That I Was Driving My EV When I Got Stuck On I-95” - ZETA

[Rocksnap]

Yet another reason while I won’t own an EV as an only car, which is my case.
Until Toyota comes out with their NEW battery with a 600 mile range and a 40 year life span.
Imagine being able to swap your battery from car to car every X many years.

[Driller703]

Originally Posted by Blackie

Here is an ACTUAL account from someone who was in that chaos in a Tesla.

“I'''m Grateful That I Was Driving My EV When I Got Stuck On I-95” - ZETA

It’s too bad that the other drivers of all the dead Teslas that littered the highway weren’t as smart or as lucky as you apparently are.