My experiences are to wait until the herd passes (after an evacuation has been called), which means having 12 hours to pack, make arrangements (plans) for everything. We hit the virtually abandoned Interstate and make 75 MPH all the way to our place of refuge.
Doesn't always work that way. I-10 (East
and West) as well as I-55 North out of New Orleans were still gridlocked when Katrina made landfall.
My advice, carry as much extra fuel as you safely can and start in a "non-obvious" direction (if possible). If I were evacuating from Rita after seeing the evacuation from Katrina, I would have started by going South.
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