storm forced winds which are very dangerous and we can t let our guard downed and become vulnerable. arthel: absolutely not. you have residents listening and you may want to at the last minute make it to some shelters in the area, how long were the bridges to north and south hutchison island remain open? you can travel until you have sustained tropical storm forced winds, so based on the current advisory, you know, that could be accommodated through this evening, so if you feel you aren t safe, you can absolutely make it to a shelter and there are several open and they have capacity. until around you say this evening around time you were thinking, mayor. ma am, i honestly always go with the national hurricane center and they have a product that s available, estimated arrival of winds and i refer all customers and citizens to that
but, don t touch downed power lines. don t get close to downed power lines. if you have a downed power line call your utility company to let them know there s a down power line. caller your sheriff. do not touch downed power lines. they can kill you. don t go into standing water. there s no reason to go into standing water. while the storm is still on, don t go outside. i mean there s going to be debris. think about it we have over 100-mile-per-hour winds still hitting us in some areas. if a tornado approaches, move into an interior room of your house. generators. when we have the power outage a lot of people are going to use generators. do not use them inside the house. only use a generator outside the home. keep it outside. if you evacuated don t return until they tell you you can. i was talking to the st. lucie sheriff and he said both north