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That, to me, is shocking and crazy to see,
said Alberta Momenthy, 27, who lives in a nearby studio that didn't get damaged I think if this is all we got, I feel we're very blessed,
Wow, the sidewalk is gone,
said Barbara Deininger, who gazed at workers setting up barricades as she walked her family's golden retriever But it ensured we could continue to provide exceptional care for our patients in a high-quality, safe and uninterrupted environment before, during and after the storm,
Preparing for Hurricane Milton was an incredible effort by the entire team and a true test of our resources,
said John Couris, president and CEO of Tampa general hospital in a statement Some of my relatives in Miami were driving me crazy, telling me we were going to die if we didn’t get out of here,
We were very nervous because it was a big storm, but we had a plan B and we were ready,
shrugged the Uruguayan immigrant, who has seen her fair share of extreme weather episodes since moving to Florida in 1997. Helene was more storm surge,
noted the 54-year-old Minnesota native Weather plays a big factor, not so much about living in Florida as to where in Florida,
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,
The storm may have passed, but it is still dangerous to be traveling this morning,
the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said in a social media post They just go in the water... through the hurricane these guys will be underwater
Gillette said in a video on Instagram It's scary out there,
said Marcus Vargas, who says The thing is it’s so difficult to evacuate in a peninsula,
Unfortunately, there will be fatalities. I don’t think there’s any way around that,
This is it, folks,
said Cathie Perkins, emergency management director in Pinellas County, which sits on the peninsula that forms Tampa Bay