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Article snippet: For many families in South Florida and Georgia, evacuating for a hurricane has become somewhat of an ordinary routine. Dealing with last minute airfare, pet-friendly accommodations and overwhelming lines for gas is par for the course. But Hurricane Irma, one of the most powerful storms ever recorded barrels toward the mainland of the United States, has some residents evacuating more quickly than ever. Searches for “where to evacuate from Irma” and “where to go for Hurricane Irma” have been trending on Google. By Thursday afternoon, airlines had canceled 4,000 flights to and from airports in Irma’s path. Airbnb has activated its Disaster Response Program for counties in Northern Florida and southern Georgia in which hosts can open their homes up to evacuees for free. “As soon as I went outside, I realized how panicked people were,” Sara Milrad said of the scene at the University of Miami in Coral Gables on Tuesday afternoon. The campus will be evacuated Friday. She was urged by her colleagues to evacuate immediately and now is safely in Baltimore. “Usually everyone is fairly dismissive about these storms,” she said. “But this was different. There was an urgency of ‘if you can get out, you should get out.’” As Floridians looked for safe evacuation routes, demand for flights out of Florida’s main airports skyrocketed. On Twitter, many customers accused airlines of price-gouging as one-way tickets out of Florida were upward of $1,000. But George Hobica, the founder o... Link to the full article to read more