Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Motor Speedway fills with campers fleeing Hurricane Ian
Atlanta Motor Speedway opens up campgrounds as refuge from Hurricane Ian
Companies round metro Atlanta are doing what they will to assist evacuees from Florida. The Atlanta Motor Speedway will open its campgrounds to these seeing refuge from the storm.
HAMPTON, Ga. – Atlanta Motor Speedway is as soon as once more taking part in host to these making an attempt to flee the trail of Hurricane Ian.
The Henry County venue opened its campsites, permitting refugees to pop up a tent, RV, or camper earlier this week.
“We’re right here to offer a service and to be part of the neighborhood,” Dustin Bixby with Atlanta Motor Speedway stated.
The power can deal with hundreds of campers with sizzling showers and restrooms. It additionally has water, energy, and sewer hookups.
“We’ve completed this for previous storms. We’ve utilized totally different locations on our services however this yr we’re utilizing our campground. A gravel based mostly campground. It’s an excellent place to come back and set as much as get out of the storm,” Bixby stated.
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Over the previous couple of years, the speedway has hosted a whole lot of campers who’ve been making an attempt to flee storms like Irma, Florence, Doran, and Michael.
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The speedway is positioned proper off the freeway south of town and has the infrastructure to deal with a considerable amount of individuals.
“There isn’t a registration or examine in course of, however we could have of us there that may go by and examine on individuals which might be there and ensure they’re arrange and don’t have any issues whereas they’re there,” Bixby stated.
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Bixby stated they’re simply doing for others what they’d need somebody do for them.
“It’s one thing we really feel like if we have been in an analogous state of affairs we might be appreciative if somebody would do one thing for us if the roles have been reversed,” Bixby stated.
The Atlanta Motor Speedway is meant to play host for the Georgia State Truthful beginning on Friday. No phrase on if honest will delay its opening.
For extra info and guidelines for tenting at AMS go to atlantamotorspeedway.com.