According to F.E.M.A., “The goal of an evacuation is to move as few people as needed the shortest distance to safety.” In the event of a weather emergency or evacuation directive, deciding whether to shelter in place or determine your evacuation destination comes first. It is also the most important. Knowing that you and your choice of shelter location are prepared takes planning and research.
We’re offering you direct links to resources that can help you to ask the right questions and the find answers that you need. These resources offer products, services and official information to help you secure your shelter before, during and after an event. If you need to go, those links are also here. They can help you find the best and closest place to fulfill your needs.
Evacuation can be stressful and uncertain. We’ve seen it first-hand. The goal of this site is to help make the journey easier if we can. No one wants to find themselves in traffic jams, on a route that may become closed during your journey, or that doesn’t provide the resources that you and those traveling with you may need; and we don’t know of any single source of information that can provide those answers.
The links below may help you find the right path. We’ll ask you to consider a few questions that will help to provide more specific travel information to best fill your needs. For example, are you:
- Traveling with children
- Someone with medical needs
- Pets
These and other considerations can help to guide you on the best evacuation route to safety with more peace of mind
When you go and the factors that may affect your trip will be critical in your decision to evacuate. You will need to determine how much time you have to safely evacuate and reach your destination. You will also want to insure, as much as you can, that you have access along the way to high-demand items; fuel, food, updated traffic conditions to help clear your way.
These links may help you to find the way and keep you informed with alerts before, during and after your journey through the event.
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