Charleston Currents – evacuation

FOCUS: Resources to help you get ready for Hurricane Dorian

Staff reports | With evacuation of the coast ordered by Gov. Henry McMaster starting at noon Monday, hundreds of thousands of residents and visitors will head west in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian’s arrival on Wednesday or Thursday.

Here are some links and resources that can help you prepare as you plan to leave or ride out the massive storm.

EVACUATION: McMaster orders coastal evacuation. Lanes will be reversed on Interstate 26 from Charleston to Columbia and on U.S. 278 from Hilton Head starting at noon today. Schools and government offices, already closed for Labor Day, will be closed Tuesday with many expected to be closed for the rest of the week. The Post and Courier. More stories: WIS TV; The State. Click this link to see these and more articles below.

Lane reversal process begins Monday morning. WCSC TV.
Charleston-area evacuation routes. The Post and Courier.
State price-gouging laws in effect. WCSC TV.

by Charleston Currents · 09/02/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Focus

MY TURN: Let’s evacuate better next time by adding rail

By Fred Palm, special to Charleston Currents | Every emergency is different and each one gives rise to the opportunity to study and improve our responses in the next one. Try this for a moment.

Can South Carolina use the existing rail system to evacuate people, especially Charleston? Read more.

by Charleston Currents · 10/30/2017 · Comments are Disabled · My Turn, Views

TODAY’S FOCUS: Charleston’s bus evacuation system wasn’t ready for storm

By William J. Hamilton | Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit became aware that the Lowcountry’s Emergency Bus Evacuation System, another almost entirely separate transit system from Tri County Link and CARTA, wasn’t ready for a major hurricane on Sept. 5. We blogged the issue and informed local officials with a positively focused post on the Daily Kos, a national news site titled Power and Efficiency of Public Transit can save Low country lives before and after a Hurricane.

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Neither CARTA bus drivers nor the public had any detailed knowledge of this alternative bus route system. Maps and schedules could have been handed out to transit riders, who often come from households without private cars and communities where cars are less available.

by Charleston Currents · 09/18/2017 · 3 comments · Focus, Good news

BRACK: Is a 25 percent evacuation rate good enough?

By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | An estimated 350,000 people along our coast evacuated for Hurricane Matthew in a withdrawal that didn’t turn out to be a disaster in and of itself.

Even if you plodded in traffic on Interstate 26, the Matthew evacuation was nothing like the one years ago with Hurricane Floyd. Even if you were without power for days or suffered in the flooding aftermath in North Charleston or in the Pee Dee, it’s pretty clear that the state’s disaster plan passed the test of working effectively and efficiently to restore normalcy as quickly as possible.

by Andy Brack · 10/17/2016 · Comments are Disabled · Andy Brack, Views