00:00It's time to start implementing your evacuation plans, preparing your family, your pets, your
00:05property and your businesses. Do it right now while the weather is still clear and you still
00:10have time. When it's time before those impacts come, you need to be out of the evacuation zone.
00:18This storm is a serious storm. The EOC is at a level one activation over the past two weeks.
00:24For a response to Helene, we've been activated operating at a level two to do recovery and
00:29response for Helene. We've suspended some of the resources for Helene right now to ensure that all
00:35those resources are ready to go back out. You do not have to leave the county. We have enough
00:39shelters for you. Check with your family and friends. I just need you to move out of zone A
00:44and zone B. And if you're in a mobile manufactured home, make sure you get out of there because we
00:49may see more wind for this particular event than we did for Helene. We ordered evacuations for
00:55zones A and B for a very good reason. If you remain there, you could die. My men and women
01:02could die trying to rescue you. They are heroes, but please do not put them in that situation.
01:09Help them by leaving zone A and B today. If you delay until the storm arrives, emergency responders
01:16may not be able to reach you until the threat passes. You may be on your own. Yes, this stinks.
01:23We know that. And it comes on the heels where a lot of us are still healing and recovering
01:28from Hurricane Helene. But if you safeguard your families, you'll be alive.
01:37We're going to lose electric. We know that. We know if you move outside that evacuation area,
01:42it doesn't mean you're not going to be uncomfortable. You may lose electric.
01:46And again, that's going to stink. That's uncomfortable. We're in Florida. It's warm.
01:51But you'll be alive. There's not a need to panic. There's just a need to be prepared.
01:58The great news is we have almost 48 hours to do it. Take advantage of this time. If you need
02:04sandbags, get some sandbags. You need those essential items. You need to relocate your
02:08loved ones. We're making every resource that we can with this collaborative effort will be
02:14available. Again, to share one common goal. Common goal is to keep you and your families alive.
02:19Help us do that. The big difference between this storm and Hurricane Helene is the fact that
02:26between all the first responders and law enforcement, the sustained winds never went
02:30above 40. We never had to suspend service. We feel pretty confident, regardless of the track
02:36of this storm, that that's not going to be the case this time. When you make that phone call
02:43and help's not available, help's not coming, I can't imagine what that feeling
02:49would feel like. But I'm asking you to not have to feel that feeling.
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