Webber said many nursing homes that relied on school buses to evacuate patients last year are contracting with Atlanta vendors for air-conditioned vans to transport patients out of the area. Officials say the recent improvements should make an evacuation a little less painful. But obviously, it's still going to be stressful. It is an emergency evacuation, not a family vacation. Though the reminders are repeated at the start of every hurricane season, it's important to have a plan of escape should another mighty storm approach.
Hurricanes are a lot bigger than government.
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