Ivan Evacuation Geography n Post Ivan Survey Parishes

Ivan Evacuation Geography n Post Ivan Survey Parishes n n n St. James (252/400) St. Charles St. John the Baptist Tangipahoa All 12 Parishes: Geocoded Surveys from Street Intersections Post-Ivan: Route/Destination Questions Added

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Ivan Evacuation Geography n All Post-Ivan Surveys Where: # % Within Parish 64 11 Southeast Regional Parish 34 Other Louisiana Parish 586 Evacuees When: # % Monday AM 19 3 Monday PM 30 5 6 Tuesday AM 121 21 148 25 Tuesday PM 183 31 Baton Rouge/Lafayette 119 20 Wednesday AM 115 20 Wednesday PM 73 12 Alabama Arkansas Mississippi Tennessee Texas 4 11 36 14 156 . 7 2 6 2 27 1 . 1 44 8 Thursday AM Don’t Recall

Ivan Evacuation Geography n All Post-Ivan Surveys Road Leaving Parish IH 10 IH 12 IH 55 US 61 LA 18 LA 20 LA 22 LA 44 LA 190 LA 3127 Local Roads Don’t Recall (586): # 92 18 46 138 1 27 5 3 29 5 96 67 37 22 % 16 3 8 24. 2 5. 9. 5 5. 9 16 11 6 4 Road Most Time (516): IH 10 IH 12 IH 20 IH 55 IH 59 US 61 LA 44 LA 190 LA 3127 Local Roads Don’t Recall Average Time to Destination: 7. 00 hrs. # % 146 9 8 90 8 49 16 7 16 100 9 37 21 28 2 2 17 2 10 3 19 2 7 4

Ivan Evacuation Geography n St. James Where: Within Parish Southeast Regional Parish 70 Evacuees (28% of Post-Ivan Sample) # % When: 22 31 # % Monday AM 1 1 Monday PM 3 4 Tuesday AM 11 16 4 6 Other Louisiana Parish 12 17 Tuesday PM 27 39 Baton Rouge/Lafayette 13 19 Wednesday AM 15 21 Wednesday PM 12 17 1 1 Out of State 19 27 Don’t Recall

Ivan Evacuation Geography n St. James Road Leaving Parish: 70 Evacuees # % IH 10 5 7 US 61 13 19 LA LA LA 1 18 44 20 3127 1 16 5 5 15 1 23 7 7 21 Don’t Recall 10 14 Average Time to Destination: (28% of Post-Ivan Sample) 4. 43 hrs.

Ivan Evacuation Geography n St. Charles Where: Within Parish 280 Evacuees # % 5 2 Southeast Regional Parish 22 8 Other Louisiana Parish 76 27 Baton Rouge/Lafayette 65 23 Out of State 112 40 (70% of Parish Sample) When: # % Monday AM 10 4 Monday PM 15 5 Tuesday AM 64 23 Tuesday PM 87 31 Wednesday AM 47 17 Wednesday PM 27 10 Don’t Recall 30 11

Ivan Evacuation Geography n St. Charles Road Leaving Parish: 280 Evacuees # % IH 10 58 21 US 61 US 90 59 96 21 34 LA 18 LA 44 LA 3127 Don’t Recall 6 14 40 7 2 5 14 3 (70% of Parish Sample) Road Most Time: # % IH 10 IH 55 IH 59 83 46 3 30 16 1 US 61 US 90 25 80 9 29 LA LA 1 190 44 3127 10 6 4 9 4 2 1 3 Don’t Recall 14 5 Average Time to Destination: 7. 64 hrs.

Ivan Evacuation Geography n Tangipahoa Where: Within Parish Southeast Regional Parish # 27 70 Evacuees % 39 3 4 Other Louisiana Parish 15 21 Baton Rouge/Lafayette 4 6 Out of State 21 30 (18% of Parish Sample/S IH 12) When: # % Monday AM 3 4 Monday PM 5 7 Tuesday AM 11 16 Tuesday PM 12 17 Wednesday AM 16 23 Wednesday PM 18 26 Thursday AM 1 1 Don’t Recall 4 6

Ivan Evacuation Geography n Tangipahoa Road Leaving Parish: IH 12 IH 55 LA 190 LA 22 Local Roads 70 Evacuees # % 18 17 26 24 5 3 7 4 27 39 (18% of Parish Sample) Road Most Time: # % 10 12 20 55 10 8 5 12 14 11 7 17 US 90 3 4 LA 190 4 6 Local Roads 27 39 Don’t Recall 1 1 IH IH Average Time to Destination: 4. 36 hrs.

Ivan Evacuation Geography n St. John the Baptist Where: Within Parish Southeast Regional Parish # 10 % 6 5 3 Other Louisiana Parish 44 27 Baton Rouge/Lafayette 36 22 Out of State 71 43 166 Evacuees (42% of Parish Sample) When: # % Monday AM 5 3 Monday PM 7 4 Tuesday AM 35 21 Tuesday PM 57 34 Wednesday AM 37 22 Wednesday PM 16 10 9 . 5 Don’t Recall

Ivan Evacuation Geography n St. John the Baptist Road Leaving Parish: # % IH 10 IH 55 29 29 17 17 US 61 66 40 LA 18 LA 44 LA 3127 5 10 12 3 6 7 Local Roads 10 Don’t Recall 5 166 Evacuees (42% of Parish Sample) Road Most Time: # % 6 IH 10 IH 55 IH 12 IH 59 US 61 US 90 LA 190 LA 44 Local Roads 56 32 1 5 24 17 6 6 3 10 34 19. 6 3 15 10 4 4 2 6 3 Don’t Recall 6 Average Time to Destination: 6. 84 hrs. 4

Ivan Evacuation Geography n Main Geographic Themes from Post-Ivan Survey n Nearly all Ivan evacuees said they would evacuate again regardless of route, distance traveled, or time-to-destination n Substantial differences in travel times between parishes n Secondary roads are being utilized by evacuees, however most time is spent on major evacuation routes n In some cases, intra-parish evacuation may pose problems n General westward evacuation pattern – away from storm path

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