Free Republic 4th Qtr 2025 Fundraising Target: $81,000 Receipts & Pledges to-date: $72,076
88%  
Woo hoo!! And now only $14 to reach 89%!! Thank you all very much!! God bless.

Keyword: entirecounty

Brevity: Headers | « Text »
  • Order to evacuate entire county (during Hurricane Dennis) went against (federal) advice

    07/24/2005 8:35:14 PM PDT · by AzaleaCity5691 · 6 replies · 541+ views
    The Mobile Register ^ | 7/24/05 | Jeff Amy and Bill Finch
    Order to evacuate entire county went against advice Sunday, July 24, 2005 By JEFF AMY and BILL FINCH Staff Reporters By calling for all of Mobile County to flee during Hurricane Dennis, local officials went against the prevailing wisdom of hurricane planners nationwide and disregarded federally sponsored evacuation guidance adopted by county emergency management officials five years ago. "Run from the water, hide from the wind," is the phrase long used by the National Hurricane Center to sum up its advice on evacuations. That means people who live in areas that might be flooded by storm surge should get out,...