"People are not to go north but to go west if they evacuate. They are getting word people are not evacuating. Every storm is different. Take heed!"
I believe it. 95 and the Beeline into Orlando are deserted.
That's what happens when 1) they totally screw up the prediction like the did with Charley, and 2) don't let residents back into their neighborhoods ASAP after the storm.
Only one problem with heading west... Jeanne just might chase them...
HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT...CORRECTED GLADES INFORMATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIAMI FL
925 AM EDT SAT SEP 25 2004
...OUTER SQUALLS OF HURRICANE JEANNE ROTATING TOWARD THE SOUTH FLORIDA
COASTLINE...
...A DIRECT STRIKE ON SOUTH FLORIDA IS LIKELY...
...AREAS AFFECTED...
THIS STATEMENT APPLIES TO PALM BEACH...BROWARD...MIAMI-DADE...GLADES...
HENDRY...COLLIER...AND MAINLAND MONROE COUNTIES OF SOUTH FLORIDA.
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...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PALM BEACH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ENACTED MANDATORY EVACUATIONS
IN ZONES A AND B INCLUDING ALL MOBILE HOMES AND ALL AREAS OUTSIDE LEVEE
PROTECTION ON LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SHELTERS ARE OPEN.
BROWARD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ENACTED MANDATORY EVACUATION
OF ZONES A AND B INCLUDING ALL MOBILE HOMES. SHELTERS ARE OPEN.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE ENACTED AN EVACUATION FOR
ZONE A INCLUDING ALL MOBILE HOMES. SHELTERS ARE OPEN.
GLADES COUNTY WILL ORDER AT 11 AM A MANDATORY EVACUATION OF MOBILE
HOMES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY INCLUDING BUCKHEAD RIDGE...
LAKEPORT...AND MOORE HAVEN. A VOLUNTARY EVACUATION OF MOBILE HOMES
IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF GLADES COUNTY INCLUDING MUSE AND
ORTONA. SHELTERS WILL OPEN AT 2 PM.
HENDRY AND COLLIER COUNTIES WILL BE ANNOUNCING EVACUATION ORDERS AND
OPENING OF SHELTERS LATER TODAY. AT THE VERY LEAST EVACUATION OF MOBILE HOMES
WILL BE URGENTLY RECOMMENDED.
EVERGLADES AND BISCAYNE NATIONAL PARKS ARE CLOSED.
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