If you drive an EV and decide to stay on the Gulf Coast: Don’t park your EV anywhere where there will be standing water. This should be common sense, but there were a lot of cars in water during Hurricane Helene. This equally applies to gas cars too. Cars don’t like water, and batteries particularly don’t like saltwater.
If you’re not already in a non-flood zone with a garage, get your EV to a high and dry area, preferably under shelter, well in advance of Hurricane Milton’s arrival. Both Pinellas and Hillsborough counties in the Tampa Bay area, where Milton is projected to make a direct hit, are opening up garages to the public for free.
