How do you prepare cars for a hurricane when you have over a hundred in your lot?
The video shows how Gatorland is sheltering from Hurricane Helene, which made landfall earlier on Friday. The TikTok has already picked up over 1.1 million views.
How to prepare for a hurricane at a car dealership
“So we start by stacking the bigger vehicles outside the dealership,” Shupak tells his viewers, “as close as we can get to it.”
Presumably, this is done because the larger vehicles can better withstand the violent winds likely to accompany Helene.
“We take all the smaller vehicles and stack them on our showroom floor,” he states, showing the Gatorland showroom crowded to near overflow with various Toyota models.
Shupak then gives a tour of the now-empty parking lot that the dealership’s new cars had occupied. “There is not a single new car to be found,” he says.
Shupak explains the lot’s numerous used cars will be housed in the dealership’s expansive service shop.
Afterward, he shows off a massive repair bay with hundreds of feet of available space for Gatorland’s used inventory. “There they are, coming in,” he explains as the cars begin to enter the building.