You shouldn't have any traffic problems going in. The southbound lanes are clear.
I've always wondered how in the hell you could ever have enough gas to get very far in a mass of cars like that.
Hurricane Matthew
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I've always wondered how in the hell you could ever have enough gas to get very far in a mass of cars like that.
If you have a fuel efficient 4 cylinder, I would imagine you could get 2 or 3 hours of idle per gallon of gas. So if you have a full tank with a 12 gallon tank, you could potentially make it a day to a day and a half of not moving. It would probably be cut in half if you are stopping and going. I'd imagine you might get about 2 or 3 miles an hour of stop and go with half the hours of running at idle from driving (drops it down to 12 to 18 hours at idle}, I think you could realistically make it at least 30 something miles in a half a day of that mess.
This is not scientific in any way and just a random guess since I can't find any concrete numbers for fuel economy while idling and there is no way to know how many miles per hour the vehicles are moving. Plus all the variables of engine size and fuel tank size. If anywhere close to accurate, it definitely wouldn't get you very far without the pace of traffic picking up. You better have a couple days of notice.
Talk about crying "Wolf!" Weather forecasters missed the path of the storm. Lester Holt standing in a Florida street showing us a downed tree branch and said that he heard about a broken window a few blocks away.
No, not crying wolf Bill. The storm tracks aren't an exact science. A small shift to the west with Matthew would have been devastating to a lot more people than it was. Everyone needed to be prepared. We're likely moving to Florida in the next year or so now that we're both retired, and I plan on taking every advisory serious.
Got really lucky here. That bastard stayed out in the ocean. If had went slightly more west, then we would be talking different outcomes.
There are photos of a shark swimming near someone's front porch of their front yard
There are photos of a shark swimming near someone's front porch of their front yard
Matthew will be one for the record books. I know the Paddock is gonna Paddock, but inland South Carolina is worse off than the coast. No media there so life sucks for them. Tens of thousands still without power in metro Charleston. I was lucky. Only lost power for 4 hours.
No, everyone on the paddock bought Tesla stock at $20 and sold at $300
I've been in 3 low end (45-50 mph winds) tropical storms, and the remnants of a hurricane that was downgraded to a depression. The depression spawned a tornado that killed the neighbor of one of the guys I was working with, completely destroying his neighbors house while his only lost a few shingles and had some debris in the yard. The other storms provided torrential rain with localized to widespread flooding and wind gusts that made me wonder if the roof was going to stay intact. I hope to never experience hurricane force winds, even at Cat 1.
Just got power back here in Savannah. Cell phone networks are still screwed up. Lots of downed trees, some flooding, and part of my fence blew away. I would hate to see a category 4 storm make a direct hit. It would look like the apocolypse around here.
I think NC got hit the worst (rain-wise). Lots of flooding in the eastern 1/3 of the state. Got 10" at my house (2 hours from the coast). Fayetteville got 15" (and they had flooding just a week ago there). SC coast got hammered by the storm surge.
Reminded me of this
A little more than 7 inches at my house. A few smaller trees down and a really dumb yard decoration my wife liked got absolutely destroyed to my delight. Neighborhood lost some huge oaks though.
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Ky Kid we will get back to Hilton Head in the AM.Have to drop my wife off in Bluffton,could be a week before they let her on.I have a card that will get me on.Doesnt look good at all.Some people I know are there.The pictures you see on TV are not accurate.Its much worse inside the plantations.Good luck to you and your family.