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Originally posted by lifesaver
Part of the Texas (Corpus) costal evacuation plan involves turning all 4 lanes of I-37 into northbound traffic (reversing the southbound lanes) to double the capacity the freeway can handle. I have seen thsi happen on I-40 in North Carolina. Seeing the above photo makes me wonder if Florida does the same thing?
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A lot of Florida's infrastructure is not equipped to handle the mass evacuations sometimes ordered for a storm. Back in 1995, we spent about 3 hours traveling 40 miles or so (to the inland family home). To be in the path of such devastating storms, but not offering residents a safe way to leave quickly (for example, my area has 4 North/South thoroughfares--each 2 with two lanes) is ridiculous.