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This is so sad ... This is so heartbreaking, praying for you and your family safety."
Brittany Van Beveren said ... and @whatscookinnn wrote So relieved you're alive! This one broke me. I'm so so sorry about your home."
The St. Lucie Medical Examiner has confirmed four fatalities as a result of these tornadoes,
In a press release Thursday, county officials said ... according to CNN So sorry this happened to you. So glad you guys are safe."
The thing is it’s so difficult to evacuate in a peninsula,
she said ahead of the storm We’ll let you know when it’s safe to come out,
Sheriff Chad Chronister of Hillsborough County, home to Tampa, said on Facebook We have flooding in places and to levels that I’ve never seen, and I’ve lived in this community for my entire life,
he said in a video posted online Thursday morning We will better understand the extent of the damage as the day progresses,
I’m shocked it’s not more,
city worker Kati Sands said as she cleared the streets of siding and broken lights The storm was significant, but thankfully, this was not the worst-case scenario,
Counties or sheriffs or governments that make that decision not to evacuate incarcerated people when they're in directly in harm's way are on very thin legal ice,
As expected, the Manatee County Jail remained fully operational as Hurricane Milton passed through our area. We had no flooding or damage to the building,
Manatee County Sheriff's Office public information officer Randy Warren told Newsweek on Thursday morning So knowing full well this is a potentially deadly storm and recognizing that by evacuating everyone else, but making a decision to leave prisoners to fend for themselves in this catastrophic weather event, is quite probably a violation of the Eighth Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment,
Whether they're in jail and held pretrial and presumed innocent or people who have been convicted and sent to prison, they're all part of our community,
There were also no issues with our drinking water, or food supply. Services continue as normal,
We had over 80,000 people that went into shelters overnight as the storm hit the state,
I am nervous. This is something we just went through with the other storm - ground saturated, still recovering from that,
The wind was the scariest thing because the building sways and the windows rattle, even though they’re storm-proof windows,
said Sarasota resident Carrie Elizabeth, as she emerged to inspect the aftermath early Thursday I felt like our building was very secure. So it turned out to be fine, but it was very nerve wracking,
One of the challenges with tornadoes is you don't really get warnings,