Many evacuees were met with bumper-to-bumper traffic Saturday that delayed drive times by several hours while frenzied travelers rushed to the airport in hopes of escaping Hurricane Ida.
was heading to New Orleans but she became increasingly worried as reports of the storm intensified in tone.
Kane was among thousands of Louisiana residents who fled the state Saturday as Hurricane Ida barreled across the Gulf of Mexico, rapidly gaining strength. MK Guthrie, a post-graduate student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, said she was trying to stay positive as she packed up her clothes, cat and dog and headed to her parent’s home in Atlanta. Luckily, Guthrie had filled her car's gas tank earlier in the week before"all hell broke loose" at gas stations.Guthrie spent a few hours Friday packing up perishables in her refrigerator and preparing for the long drive to Georgia.
But by Friday evening, as news reports became increasingly dire, Boudreux started to panic. She hated the idea of sitting alone inside her home, listening to the hurricane pound her windows “for hours and hours.” She remembered stories from loved ones about sleeping with rifles nearby during Hurricane Katrina and she worried that power could be out for days if not weeks.
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