Gov. Scott Declares State of Emergency For Florida
A Level 1 state of emergency, the lowest declaration, is in effect as Tropical Storm Debby brings rain, winds and flooding to Florida.
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Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Monday afternoon as the state deals with the effects of Tropical Storm Debby.
Scott declared a Level 1 state of emergency, the lowest, which activates storm operations in all 67 counties, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
Scott receieved a briefing on the storm's effects before advising Floridians "to be safe, avoid non-essential driving, pay close attention to weather reports and stay away from downed power lines," according to the Times.
"I think the most important thing is, one, just use common sense. Be careful," Scott said. "If you're close to a beach, be very cautious. Look at all the beach advisories. If there's any standing water, if there's any flooding, don't drive into it. Be very, very, very cautious."
According to the most recent projected path of the storm, Debby should make landfall sometime between Thursday and Friday in the area between Sarasota and Levy counties. The National Hurricane Center has put the entire Tampa Bay area into its Tropical Storm Warning zone, including Pasco, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Manatee and Sarasota counties.
EnoughAlready
2:37 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
A state of emergency for a 40 to 60MPH thunderstorm??? This smells more like corruption than need? Someone should be keeping an eye to make sure the money goes where is suppose to. And why is it that a home or roof goes down at that speed? I lived in the Caribbean and went through twice as powerful hurricanes and were my two floor home took also river flooding many times and beside the harsh cleaning up the house remain intact. Disgusting the way the corrupted government of Florida with their corrupted inspectors and flaw construction standards have created such mediocre living for the most part.
Alex Arnold
4:35 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Enoughalready you are a typically Ron Paul Moron, get on track with the rest of America, you are completely delusional
Quentin
5:10 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
Hey I missed 'True Blood" because of that storm that's a disaster. The temperature almost went to 80 before it came back on. whew! catastrophe averted but it pays to be vigilant.
Alex Arnold
5:12 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
True blood, if you have HBO on demand you can play it on there
Arenegade2
6:16 pm on Monday, June 25, 2012
this is what happens when you build crap, like everything in America it all about the mighty dollar, you see it in the political arena, Banking scum bags, Public workers> Housing inspectors etc, every facet of business has collusion, nepotism or kick backs, it is all predicated on what are you doing for me today...I miss the good old days of the mob