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So this past Friday my son and I went to get my daughter from southern Florida as she is/was expected to get a major hit from Irma in her town. She had prepared well enough, but a full tank of gas would not have allowed her to get here (Pensacola) and the fuel shortages were scary. she also has a 2 year old son and we did not want her on the road with millions of people by herself.
So my son and I got some gas cans and his Volt and we had enough gas and power for a round trip. It is normally a 7 to 8 hour trip down. We made great time getting there, the roads going south were pretty much clear. Unfortunately his vehicle overheated about 25 miles outside of Vero Beach and we tried everything we could to get it going but it looks like his water pump failed (or something worse).
We somehow managed to get a tow (we were told that we were very lucky we were on the southbound side because no way would we have had any luck going north.) it ook 3 hours for it to get there and my son got himself all bit up from fire ants that sneaked up on him as we were sitting on the side of the road.
Pretty much it was a miserable experience all around but we did get my daughter and grandson and just got home. The trip coming back was crazy and SLOOOOWWWW.
This is what our trip down felt like
Seriously though anyone that winds up in the path of this please stay safe.
So this past Friday my son and I went to get my daughter from southern Florida as she is/was expected to get a major hit from Irma in her town. She had prepared well enough, but a full tank of gas would not have allowed her to get here (Pensacola) and the fuel shortages were scary. she also has a 2 year old son and we did not want her on the road with millions of people by herself.
So my son and I got some gas cans and his Volt and we had enough gas and power for a round trip. It is normally a 7 to 8 hour trip down. We made great time getting there, the roads going south were pretty much clear. Unfortunately his vehicle overheated about 25 miles outside of Vero Beach and we tried everything we could to get it going but it looks like his water pump failed (or something worse).
We somehow managed to get a tow (we were told that we were very lucky we were on the southbound side because no way would we have had any luck going north.) it ook 3 hours for it to get there and my son got himself all bit up from fire ants that sneaked up on him as we were sitting on the side of the road.
Pretty much it was a miserable experience all around but we did get my daughter and grandson and just got home. The trip coming back was crazy and SLOOOOWWWW.
This is what our trip down felt like
Seriously though anyone that winds up in the path of this please stay safe.