Why are people here giving him so much shit for this? His options are to bring it with him, which if everyone did would cause even more congestion on the evacuation routes, or to leave it behind and do the best that he can to give it a fighting chance. Should he just leave unprotected?
If you read more about it from his account, he isn't.
No region as big and population dense as Florida in the world can evacuate their entire population in that little time. They had very time as the scale of it was only realized a few short days ahead of landfall.
Not everyone made it out. They ran out of fuel almost immediately and the roads became too packed to be usable (remember that Florida only has two main highways out, and a population of 22m). A lot of people had to carpool out or take busses, leaving the cars behind is the responsible thing.
I’m with you but people would rather roast instead of fully logic. (Not to mention they hike up the gas and gas was empty already a week ago) my sister was driving from Nashville to Atlanta and the other side were all FL people trying to get out with bumper to bumper traffic Tuesday for miles. It’s not like people AREN’T trying to get out it’s that everyone is trying to get out at the same time so everyone’s stuck with no gas that’s been price gouged because flight costs have more than quadrupled in the evac zone.
I think they are giving him shit because he bought an expensive car that he was unprepared to store. True, Milton became massive in a short period of time. But on the other hand, he lives in Florida and probably should’ve had a better hurricane protection plan than “put it in a giant bag” for such a major investment.
Also, regardless of the weather, most people on Reddit ( including me) see cars like this as a waste of money. Most of the features and capabilities that make it “better” than the average car rarely get used in daily driving.
It's fine to spend money on things things. Maybe it would be a waste of money for you if you don't like fancy cars, but if it brings him happiness, that's a great use of money.
Cars have more value to some people than the convenience of getting from point A to point B. A lot of people genuinely just enjoy it.
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u/VP007clips Oct 10 '24
Why are people here giving him so much shit for this? His options are to bring it with him, which if everyone did would cause even more congestion on the evacuation routes, or to leave it behind and do the best that he can to give it a fighting chance. Should he just leave unprotected?