Re-entry is, quite simply, a reverse evacuation. All the difficulties of evacuating also present themselves with re-entry: traffic, tension, lack of information.  Additional difficulties may include:  storm damage, power outages and debris-blocked routes.

The Jacksonville Beaches provide great places to live, but they are dangerous, unsafe areas during a hurricane. In the event of a major storm, residents of the beach communities will be evacuated to safer locations inland.

Once you have complied with an evacuation order, the officials of your local government will work to minimize any hazards left by the storm, protect private property from crime and get residents back home as soon as possible.

After evacuation, more than 50,000 people will try to re-enter the Beaches at about the same time.  One thing that will make the re-entry work better is for drivers to place a re-entry identification hanger tag (see left) on their vehicle mirrors.

Annual re-entry tags are free to beach residents and businesses. Additional tags are available at local city halls (Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Atlantic Beach and the City of Jacksonville). The distribution and possession of these tags is limited to Beaches residents and businesses only.

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