Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

[basserdan]

Good luck going to Atlanta. If this hurricane does indeed stay in the direction toward us, It will take you forever to get to Atlanta. Reason being Dan is Everyone else may be going in the same direction as you because no hotels available in FLorida that are in a more supplying. Bruce take caresafety zone! I wish you and all the folks here Z turnips well. Thanks for the continued info that you and ZZ and rest of folks are supplying! Best of luck to you!
Beachlov
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Hi Beachlov
The traffic sure doesn't look bad tonight, does it.....? <g>

Thanks to SI's EnergyPlay on the hurricane board.

Evacuation route planning - the link at the bottom takes you to a Florida Dept. OF Transportation site that has traffic counters on strategic major road. Click on the yellow dot which have traffic counts per hour and average speed.
You can see what's crowded, what's open, and pick a better route. Note carefully north bound, south bound and EAST/WEST, especially up around I-10.

For Interstates and the turnpike, 1800 cars per hour works fine. Over 2500 to 2800 cars per hour gets a little slower, and 3000 -3400 cars per hours will tend to slow under 40 mph or stop.

http://www3.dot.state.fl.us/trafficinformation/