DARIEN, Ga. (WSAV) — Many Floridians are taking refuge in communities in Southern Georgia, including Darien in McIntosh County, just about an hour outside Jacksonville. "We came here because this was the first place we could find. This was the closest place we could find," Betsy and John Anderson, evacuees from St. Augustine, said. Hotels and short-term vacation rentals overlooking the water in Darien were completely packed Tuesday night, Florida license plates filling parking lots. "Last night we kind of had much more than a Tuesday night because of all the people coming off 95," Regina Osborne, Owner of River's Edge, a restaurant at the waterfront. The town is a safe haven for many evacuees. "I think we're far enough away that we're not going to have to worry much," Anderson said. Though, the community is still taking precautions, anticipating impacts of their own. "Obviously with storm surge and wind, that can always be a little bit dangerous, so we always want to make sure that the boat is secure on the dock," Mary Fuller, who lives nearby, said. Turning evacuation into vacation: Floridians find refuge in Savannah "We're going to take down all the projectiles off our back porch and the deck because we have things that may fly around, and you know, just trying to prevent any excess damage," Osborne said. "We lost our roof in Helene from that little outside shack, and we still haven't gotten that repaired." Many locals in Darien said they're still feeling the sting from Helene. So, anything less than that doesn't seem so bad. "A little wind and storm surge coming but even that's going to be minimal compared to Helene," Nicole Nordine, who's visiting a friend in the area, said. For evacuees just a few hours south, though, it's a much different story. "I spoke to one couple yesterday, and they had flooding in their home, from the last, from Helene, and that was just, what a week and a half ago, two weeks, and they're expected to be inundated again and have a whole new set of issues to go back to," Osborne said. While the journey has been challenging for many of them, they know it's just begun. "A lot of people were on the move. We got rerouted a number of times. It took probably twice as long than what we thought to get here, but again, we're grateful to be here," Joe Kuhn, also an evacuee from Florida, said. Property damage concerns extend into vehicles for many. "Our condo is on the second floor, so hopefully the water won't go that high, but I was afraid to leave our vehicle in the parking lot because I think that any vehicle left there, there's a risk it'll be flooded," Anderson said of when he and his wife return to St. Augustine.