directives from your local officials. there are going to be evacuation orders issued in all these gulf coast counties in the a and b zones. all the barrier islands, places that are low lying on the coast, you are going to be told to evacuate. so just understand that. that will be true probably from pinellas and manatee all the way up through the big bend. keep in mind, if you are told to evacuate, you do not need to drive hundreds of miles. you don t need to leave the state of florida. you basically need to go to higher ground. almost every instance you can go tens of miles to a shelter, to a hotel, to a friend s house, whatever works for you. and you will be able to ride out the storm. the key is not be in the areas that will be hit with big time storm surge and potentially have life-threatening situations. and so tens of miles, not
team are going to get it to you, but if you wait until, you know, six, hours before the storm hits, it s going to be much more difficult to make that happen. so tell us what your needs are, submit those requests and kevin and his team are going to work to fill those requests as expeditiously as possible. evacuation orders. i urge floridians to heed the admonitions and heed the directives from your local officials. there are going to be evacuation orders issued in all these gulf coast counties in the a and b zones. all the barrier islands, places that are low lying on the coast, you are going to be told to evacuate. so just understand that. that will be true probably from pinellas, maybe even manatee up through the big bend. keep in mind if you are told to evacuate, you do not need to drive hundreds of miles.
forecasters say that it s expected to intensify to a dangerous category three hurricane. the national hurricane center warned that it could bring life threatening conditions to parts of florida as soon as tuesday. and in anticipation of the storm, tampa international airport will be closed starting midday tuesday. the airport plans to shut down until at least early thursday to secure its planes and prepare equipment on the ground. us presidentjoe biden spoke with florida governor ron desantis and approved an emergency declaration for the state in preparation for the storm. mr desantis declared a state of emergency in 46 florida counties, saying the storm will have major impacts. evacuation orders, i urge floridians to heed the admonitions and heed the directives from your local officials. there are going to be evacuation orders issued in all these gulf coast counties in the a and b zones. all the barrier islands,