Whether it's first responders, people working in animal shelters, those with disabilities or people with a language barrier, evacuating is often far more complicated and difficult for some than it is for others.
Jonathan Franklin, NPR NewsTwo people work on boarding up a house in South Tampa Bay, Florida, on Tuesday, before Hurricane Ian hits the area. , both local and state officials activated emergency plans — urging residents to evacuate from high-impact areas.
“Evacuation is not as easy as it may seem if you are outside of the evacuation area,” said Cara Cuite, an assistant extension specialist in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers University.people made during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, says it’s not as simple as one may think when you’re not in the moment.
“Many modest- to low-income households simply don’t have the cash or credit,” said Joshua Behr, research professor at Old Dominion University,Behr emphasized that the poorest may often wait until the last minute to evacuate, resulting in little to no availability for affordable hotel rooms. More than 400,000 households in Florida speak Haitian Creole as their primary shared language, according. Tens of thousands of Floridians speak Portuguese, French, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Arabic, German, Russian, Italian or another language as their primary shared language at home.
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