Sunday, October 23, 2005

MANY FLORIDIANS REFUSE TO EVACUATE

Wilma isn't the monster storm she once was but could still cause plenty of problems for Florida, not least of which, death:
About 160,000 people in the state were under mandatory evacuation orders, including the entire population of the Florida Keys island chain, according to officials and Census data. There was no way of knowing exactly how many actually left, but it appeared only about 20 percent of the 78,000 Keys residents fled, senior Monroe County emergency management director Billy Wagner said.

"If they don't get out of there, they're going to be in deep trouble," he said Sunday.
Those refusing to evacuate the Florida Keys could indeed be in deep trouble with the National Hurricane Center forecasting a 5 - 8 foot storm surge – the average elevation of the Keys is only 5 feet. Good luck.

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