A very high level. Some are saying its one of the biggest storms ever to hit our country. It built very rapidly,ed a briefing with secretary of Homeland Security and the administrator of fema and we are watching Hurricane Michael. Its just hitting shore now. Winds are going up to close to 200 miles an hour. Category 4. You dont hear about that. Its the most powerful recorded storm to strike the Florida Panhandle ever. It will bring with it anywhere from 150 mile to almost 200 mile an hour winds. The storm surges could be up to 15 feet. Additional rainfall could also produce Flash Flooding at the highest levels. We have been in constant communications with governor rick scott of florida. With all the authorities in the various states. Were very well prepared for massive amounts of food and we have First Responders all over, the Electrical Companies are staged and ready to go in after the storm. Over a thousands trucks. We have large amounts of food and water and Everything Else that you
saddened. and help everyone do exactly what they need to do to be ready to respond. if folks need to evacuate their homes, if worst comes to worse, do you have preparation in place for shelters for those individuals especially people that don t even have homes, or talking about of course homeless populations? we do. that s being coordinated county wise. we do have four shelter sites that we can establish at a moments notice where coordinating today with city staff to make sure those measures are still in place. we ll be monitoring the storm throughout the day. and based on what we see will make those active decisions to get those areas opened up for those that might be evacuated. as you re watching the storm progress, what would lead you to call for an evacuation order? the evacuation order is gonna come when it becomes the immediate threat to life.
where were you when the tornado came through? how did you get through this safely? actually, i watched weather. i had watched this storm progress from arkansas up through kentucky. and i was on the phone with a friend of mine that lived across town. who had a basement. i had stayed with them for a period of time at one point in my life. anyway, he offered me to come over if i wanted to and i told him i was going to watch one more update. when they told me that princeton, kentucky was next, and then dawesen springs. i told him i would be over in five minutes and i was. do you think going there saved your life? that s hard to say. i do know of three people that
been hit by one of these. you have no idea how overwhelming it is. to experience that. i can imagine. and you were not actually in your home at the time. where were you when this tornado came through? and how did you get through this safely? actually, i watch weather. and i had watched this storm progress from arkansas up through kentucky. and i was on the phone with a friend of mine that lived across town. who had a basement. and i had stayed with him for a period of time. at one point in my life. anyway, he offered me to come over if i wanted to. and i told him i was going to watch one more update. and when they told me that princeton, kentucky was next.
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