Glad they are discussing possible hurricanes during this. Hope they come up with a plan.
Re-Open Florida: Industry working group mulls hurricane complications
How will Florida and its industry handle a hurricane if the coronavirus crisis still is demanding social distancing and is making supplies and outside help hard to attract?
It’s not going to be easy, and could require some unique strategies if Florida is hit with hurricanes this summer, Florida Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz said in the third and final meeting of Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s Re-Open Florida Task Force Industry Working Group on Administrative, Education, Information & Technology, Manufacturing, Utilities and Wholesale Friday.
The unique demands of the coronavirus crisis are forcing emergency management officials to consider stay-at-home orders instead of evacuating people in a storm’s path, he told the group. If evacuations are required, individual Uber vehicles might be better than crowded buses. Hotels might be better than usual evacuation centers.
And in advance, the state intends to fill a warehouse with emergency masks and other personal protective equipment, along with additional generators and other equipment.
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There’s a likelihood, he noted, that should Florida get hammered by a hurricane, the Sunshine State could not expect the same level of out-of-state support it has relied upon in recent storms and their aftermath. There won’t likely be long convoys of utilities trucks and volunteers streaming in from other states. Power could take longer to restore. Cleanup could take longer.
“That means obviously we’re going to have more requests to the federal government for equipment. We’re probably going to need to buy more generators in advance and put them in the warehouse,” he said.
“We have to make sure we have the supplies in advance of hurricane season,” he said.
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ETA: taking Uber instead of crowded buses??
