Standing before the Geneva City Council, June Maher held up an edited version of the city’s logo. Instead of one with a prominent tree in the middle, it contained a stump. She called the west suburb, “Stump City USA,” saying that city and county leaders allowed trees that are hundreds of years old to be cut down through inaction. “In my heart of hearts, I do feel that leadership could have .
we will have consistent rain. i spoke to the mayor yesterday, he is expecting this to be an epic storm for this area. what britta was mentioning, this area has large amount of tree cover, 55% tree cover, they consider themselves a tree city usa because of it, they have diverse amount of trees. they are expecting high wind to impact tree coverage, knocking them down causing a lot of power outages in this area. the mayor told me they have already called in addition help to help restore that power. it is early, 4 a.m. eastern time. i am seeing cars drive past on the main roads in the distance, it is quiet sor far.
but inland. what is the biggest threat to tallahassee right now, and how are you preparing? well, being a tree city usa and having over 55% of the city of tallahassee under a canopy, as you can imagine tropical storm winds and hurricane-force winds, live oaks and power lines don t mix together. we have been preparing. we have backup plans to our backup plans. we ve called in our mutual aid agreements from as far away as oklahoma, nebraska, ohio, kentucky, louisiana. we know that we re going to suffer some damage with our electrical infrastructure, and we are prepared to respond after the storm comes through. as you know, trees are dangerous too. are folks listening to the evacuation orders that are in place now? our community has really stepped up to the plate and responded. i m very proud of the citizens. we are tallahassee strong. we know that this is a serious storm. we know it s going to impact