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Should you own an electric car in Florida

A retired engineer
USA
2021
Normal rush hour traffic with gasoline powered cars. Imagine the scene during a hurricane or other natural catastrophe with mostly electric vehicles.

Imagine Florida with a hurricane coming toward Miami. The Governor orders an evacuation. All cars head north. They all need to be charged in Jacksonville. How does that work? Has anyone thought about this? If all cars were electric, and were caught up in a three-hour traffic jam with dead batteries, then what? Not to mention that there is virtually no heating or air conditioning in an electric vehicle because of high battery consumption.