so we called him. hi roger, this is randi kaye from cnn, i was calling to see, we are at the emergencies operation center and wanted to speak with you, give you an opportunity to speak with us regarding the questions about the timeline and the evacuation orders for the county. if you could give me a call at this number i would appreciate it, thank you. a representative called me back later to say he declined our interview request but did call us by phone by another attempt to reach him that he supports all of the decisions that were made. we also tried to connect here with lee county emergency manager coordinator. she did not return our call. hi this is stacey, sorry mr. call but sleep is a message of okay. back later declined to speak with cnn. officials here, despite their decision-making say that ultimately, it is up to the residents. certain percentage people will not heed the warnings regardless. we cannot force them to leave their. holmes resident cnn spoke with sound
echoed the sentiment. monday afternoon, we were telling people that you do not have to wait for evacuation orders to leave. you can leave now. but can leave and should leave are two very different things. it was not until tuesday morning, 7 am that the official mandatory evacuation order for the county was issued. less than 24 hours before hurricane ian slammed into florida s coast. the question is why did county officials wait? the county s own emergency management plan says that a 10% chance of a storm surge, measuring six feet or more would indicate the need for evacuations in the most vulnerable areas. on sunday, two days before lee county took action, the national hurricane center predicted a storm surge as high as seven feet. shouldn t that have triggered lee county s evacuation plan? here at le county s emergency operation center, we try to ask county manager about the delay in ordering evacuations. no luck.
majority in the house. these are truly two of the most pivotal races in the entire country. the eastern farmers market is another north hampton conte throwback, predating american independence. now, eastern is the counties other deep blue slice. and it s most diverse area. don t forget to vote, november 8th. the county gets more rural, more republican by the mile. trump got 62% of the vote two years ago. he did a heck of a job. i liked what he was doing. john is 86 and has cut hair in this tiny shop since he got out of the navy 59 years ago. he is a registered democrat, voted twice for trump and plans to vote republican for senate this year. those still not sure about governor. or congress. she s a whirlwind. that a good thing about them? sometimes she s all right, sometimes she s bad.