By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-27 11:22:16 | Updated at 2024-09-30 21:35:46
3 days ago
Florida officials ask Hurricane Helene evacuation hold-outs to ink names and DOBs on arms in case their bodies need to be ID’d
NY Post ^ | 9/26/24 | Alex Oliveira
Posted on 09/27/2024 3:39:58 AM PDT by Libloather
Florida authorities are asking residents refusing to evacuate from the path of the deadly Hurricane Helene to ink personal information on their arms and legs in case their bodies need to be identified after the Category 4 storm passes.
“If you or someone you know chose not to evacuate, PLEASE write your, Name, birthday and important information on your arm or leg in A PERMANENT MARKER so that you can be identified and family notified,” the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its Facebook page ahead of Helene’s landfall Thursday.
Taylor County sits square in the path of the storm’s projected landfall on Florida’s Big Bend, where the panhandle meets the peninsula.
The hurricane is due to land early Thursday night — bringing with it what experts have called a possibly “unsurvivable” storm surge of up to 20 feet.
Officials have ordered an evacuation of the region, yet some residents have resisted.
Trying to head off the almost inevitable casualties and rescue operations to come, Taylor County officials are asking potential victims of the storm to help them by sending police their basic information should they choose to say put.
“We ask that you kindly provide the following information so Search and Rescue teams can prioritize these locations: Is the residence inland or on the coastline? Full address of the residence.”
The sheriff’s office also asked for the number of people and animals present at the homes, their names, contact information, and “additional information, such as a recent photograph of the individual(s), disabilities, special requirements.”
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Science; Weather
KEYWORDS: bodies; florida; id; ink
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Doesn't sound good at all.
1 posted on 09/27/2024 3:39:58 AM PDT by Libloather
To: Libloather
Sometimes you need to listen to the emergency officials and evacuate when they say to.
2 posted on 09/27/2024 3:42:39 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
To: Libloather
On the Houston gulf Coast we always heard about hurricane parties on the coast, a few would get together with booze and try to ride it out, sometimes they lived and sometimes they didn’t.
3 posted on 09/27/2024 3:49:50 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: Libloather
“And once you’re done with that limber up so you can get your head between your legs so that you can kiss your a$$ goodbye.”
CC
4 posted on 09/27/2024 3:58:43 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: Libloather
Plain-speaking should nudge at least a few in decision-making about evacuating or not.
5 posted on 09/27/2024 4:09:28 AM PDT by skr (Righteousness exalteth a nation: sin is a reproach to any people. - Proverbs 14:34)
To: Libloather
As a lifetime Floridian, the one good thing about this storm is the area it’s making landfall is one of the least populated areas of Florida and those who live there are long time residents who have been through this before, they’ve probably ridden out worse, the damage will be really bad but these people know what to do, for the most part
6 posted on 09/27/2024 4:13:55 AM PDT by srmanuel
To: Libloather
This storm did very little damage for a supposed Cat 4 storm.
I just checked the St George island webcam. They are still up and damage is extremely light. The island should have been devastated with a 20 foot storm surge, but it wasn’t.
7 posted on 09/27/2024 4:15:55 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: Libloather
For Cat 5 hurricanes you have to write the info on each limb and your torso so they can be reassembled when the wind tears you apart.
8 posted on 09/27/2024 4:16:44 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
To: Sirius Lee
Emergency officials are no better than another woke government employee.
9 posted on 09/27/2024 4:17:01 AM PDT by CodeToad (Rule #1: The elites want you dead.)
To: Libloather
With the climate alarmism and the wolf crying every single day about the impending doom if you don’t submit to the democrat agenda. With all of that bloviation and panic talk, it is little wonder that these people no longer believe when there’s a real threat to their lives.
To support their claim to promote mass hysteria they’ll stand with their pants legs rolled up in a puddle of water while a couple of guys with a maga flag sneak up and walk into the background of the live shot. That’ll make a great viral video, but it desensitizes people for when there’s something really dangerous happening.
I think that this storm is nothing to trifle around with. Somebody’s gonna get hurt.
10 posted on 09/27/2024 4:20:09 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (This is not about hypocrisy, this is about hierarchy!)
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