Kelsey urges those in mandatory evacuation zones to comply with protocol — or seek out a nearby hurricane shelter if they don’t have the means to travel. As a Floridian, she’s used to being in the path of weaker hurricanes and tropical storms almost every year, she told BuzzFeed, and knows just how dangerous these scenarios can be. “Last year, I lived in Zone A and evacuated to Zone E when we received an evacuation order; I believe that was for Hurricane Idalia,” she said.
And though Kelsey’s home didn’t receive any significant damage from Hurricane Helene just two weeks ago, she told us that many of her friends closer to the coast had it much worse, losing furniture and cars in the storm surge.
