Hundreds of abandoned vehicles line highway coming out of Key West.

[dixiegrrrrl]

Reed Timmer just did a report, showing hundreds of cars, trucks, some with boats behind them, lining both sides of the highway leading towards/from Key West.
I can't figure out why so many people would simultaneously leave them there.

Anyone?


https://www.accuweather.com/en/videos/reed-timmer-drives-by-large-pile-of-abandoned-vehicles-outside-key-west/rhbtbtyze6wvxd21grervlaoe68whnt9

[Glimmer of Hope]

1. I am curious too. That seems odd.

[greyl]

6. Maybe they were simply parked there, on ground higher than their home address. nt

[Warpy]

11. That would be my guess

When there's a 99% chance it will be ruined by flooding in the driveway, it makes sense to park it up higher.

It probably won't work, but there ya go.

[Glimmer of Hope]

12. Yes, I guess that is the best they could do under the circumstances.

[TheDebbieDee]

19. I watched a report on MSNBC Friday evening that showed a bridge where people parked

hundreds of cars and trucks in the far right lane of the bridge for safe-keeping til after the storm comes through...

[greyl]

20. It's what people without safe garages need to do sometimes.

I used to live in a very wooded neighborhood where most residents would move their vehicles up close to the main road, knowing that a dozen downed trees would be blocking their path to ... wherever, after the storm. But that has nothing to do with garages.

[sarah FAILIN]

2. My cousin is in Tampa

They stupidly decided to stay because they were afraid of getting stuck on the road. This makes me wonder if they heard of abandoned cars and thought they were in the road

[Brother Buzz]

3. Fifty percent of everything, or a hundred percent of nothing?

They are parking them on high ground. High ground is subjective, but typically, high ground in the keys is where a tree pushes up the sidewalk.

[meadowlander]

5. Ran out of gas?

[pnwest]

7. I was weirded out at first, gave it a second listen - he said

"all parked on the limited high ground" - so they must be hoping to save a car at least.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. Missed that part....

Ok..I get that....we use the shopping center parking lot, which is safe from falling trees, poles, etc and if you get behind one of the big stores and the grassy bank, safe from prevailing winds. So people park there if they can do so, then come back in a day or so for their car.

but I have never seen that many cars as in the clip.

Hope it works out for them...

[applegrove]

8. Daughter of a friend drove their truck to an above ground parking lot

in Palm Beach to keep it safe. Probably what these Keys people are doing too.

[Mariana]

9. Is the roadway higher than their driveways and parking lots?

Maybe they're trying to prevent the cars and boats from being destroyed by flooding. The boats won't make it, boats are pretty light weight and easy for the wind to blow around.

[csziggy]

16. Most of the houses are up on stilts with parking and storage underneath

So with the storm surge, the vehicles would be flooded and a total loss. I guess parking them on the roadways would give a better chance of them having something to drive after the storm is over. Even if they were hit with flying debris, a dented car or one missing a few windows would be better than an inundated one.

[cannabis_flower]

21. It's also likely..

that many of the boats will be blown into the cars, destroying both of them.

[procon]

13. Some reporter said people were parking their extra vehicles there because

it was higher ground and the owners hoped that was enough to save them. They showed a jeep with the winch fastened to the guardrail.

[underpants]

15. Yep. Saw a reporter a few days ago on a bridge at 19'

He was standing well above water level and the homes below. The bridge was at 19 feet. Lots of cars parked there.

[Pachamama]

14. The Rapture has arrived?

[Scurrilous]

22. ...

[dchill]

17. Rapture

[cwydro]

18. To protect them from the surge.

The highway by the bridges is raised.

People have been doing it ever since Georges' surge took so many of our cars,

[dixiegrrrrl]

23. Thank you for that info.

The huge number of them made it look like some 1950's sci-fi movie.

"But the people! Where did all the people go?..AAAIIIIEEE"

[Orrex]

24. Maybe they're REM fans?

Holy shit. I can't even imagine having to deal with what they're facing, and with what Houston faced/is still facing.