Posted on 06/07/2024 8:30:21 PM PDT by chickenlips
Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state Cabinet are scheduled next week to consider buying a Central Florida warehouse site that would be turned into a “hub” for storing and moving supplies during emergencies.
The 40-acre site is in Auburndale, along Interstate 4, and would be purchased from CH Realty IX-DAL I Lakeland Auburndale, L.P., according to Cabinet agenda information posted online Thursday.
The state would retrofit a facility that has 422,199 square feet of warehouse space and 39,200 square feet of office space, along with areas for 400 trailers and 274 cars. It also would include docks for loading and unloading supplies and living quarters.
“Upon completion of a retrofit of the space, the warehouse will be fully air-conditioned and will include racking, dock equipment, material handling equipment, cold storage, a dedicated area for trailer storage and open floor space,” the agenda information said. “This will allow the location to accommodate DEM’s (the state Division of Emergency Management’s) disaster supplies such as emergency food, water, tarps, generators, PPE (personal protective equipment) and other supplies.”
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This sounds really good, it will be interesting to to see how their plans for disaster reaction work out since it seems they are trying to build a better system.
Yes, good move!
Good to see true disaster preparation. It is so much better than other states who just blame republicans for their own incompetence.
Wouldn’t be a bad idea.
DeSantis, again, doing what he does best. He’s a great governor. Now if he can get the housing prices down, and reduce the cost of living there, Florida will, even more, become a state that many will want to move to.
He can help
what, specifically, do you suggest he do to help?
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