Friday September 8, 2017 - People headed to Atlanta to escape Irma. Irma expected to follow.

People are pouring into Atlanta from Florida. I talked to a Mattress store manager yesterday and they are selling mattresses to people who will be housing guests this weekend.

Look at the current (Friday 10:30 am) Highway traffic from Google maps.

Current traffic is from Orlando north past Valdosta. Then from north of Macon, thru Atlanta and into north Cobb County. There are no hotel rooms left in Atlanta. So I bet people are headed north to find hotels.

Also on the coast, people are headed up the coast and northwest to Columbia, SC.

Below is the typical Friday traffic at 10:30 am.