JMII
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Loc: Margate, Florida
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Yea,what do you think people did before all this insane bottled water craze?
This drive me NUTS too. I'm still stock piling ice. It automatically converts to water when its cooling properties are exhausted 
Lines in S FL for gas are reaching crisis levels, people are already losing their temper (and minds). Glad I fueled up last night, because today is an exercise in patience. First ATM I visited was offline but second was fine with only 1 car ahead of me.
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South FL Native... experienced many tropical systems, but actually had to put up the panels for:
David ('79) - Floyd ('87) - Andrew ('92) - Georges ('98) - Frances ('04) - Wilma ('05) - Matthew ('16) - Irma ('17)
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NervousDad
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Loc: Oregon
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I no longer have relatives in Florida. (They moved to Texas now). But I advised them to do what I do regarding water storage for emergencies. There are a lot of food products such a fruit juice, soda, Malt and other brewing supplies, etc that are transported as concentrates in large food grade containers that by law cannot be reused. If you look around you can find these available cheap or sometimes free in 5 gal or 10 gallon jugs, buckets with lids, and even 55 gallon drums. They can be sealed, so that they do not spill or get contaminated easy. I don't think they are recommended for long term water storage, but I know a lot of folks that use them. After a careful cleaning they seem more suitable than a garbage can at least for short term storage since they are made of food grade plastic. It is probably too late to think about this now, but I don't know why more people do not take advantage of them.
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Tazmanian93
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Loc: Tampa
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Citrus County Schools - District has not made any announcements
Hernando County Schools - Closed Thursday and Friday
Highlands County Schools - District has not made any announcements
Hillsborough County Schools - Closed Thursday, Friday
Manatee County Schools - Closed Friday
Pasco County Schools - Closed Friday
Includes all sports and extracurricular activities
Pinellas County Schools - Closed Thursday, Friday
Polk County Schools - Closed Friday
Sarasota County Schools - Decision regarding possible school closures to be made by Wednesday afternoon
All extra curricular activities on Friday will be canceled or rescheduled
Sumter County Schools - District has not made any announcements
UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS
University of Tampa: Closed Thursday through Monday, September 11
Includes classes, athletic events and all other acclivities
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Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!
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Edited by Tazmanian93 (Wed Sep 06 2017 12:11 PM)
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B.C.Francis
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Loc: Indiatlantic Florida
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I understand that Brevard County schools are closed Thursday and Friday
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Reaper
Weather Watcher
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Posts: 45
Loc: Lake Placid, Fla
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Highlands County Schools - Closed Friday Sept. 8 as well as Monday Sept 11
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Daniel Jones
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Edit: Daytona State College will be closing at 2pm Thursday and will remain closed through the weekend. All classes and activities are cancelled until further notice.
Edit 2: Seminole County Public Schools will be OPEN on Thursday and Friday. It will be CLOSED on Monday. All extracurricular activities for Saturday through Monday have been cancelled.
Volusia County Schools will be closed Friday and Monday. Extracurricular activities cancelled from Friday through Monday.
Edited by Daniel Jones (Wed Sep 06 2017 05:34 PM)
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leetdan
Weather Guru
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Posts: 136
Loc: Osceola County
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Osceola County public schools open tomorrow, closed Friday & Monday.
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doug
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Loc: parrish,fl
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State Supreme Court closed all courts for Friday..individual circuit courts are closing starting tomorrow e.g 13th Circuit. Hills borough County, and some along the east coast not reopening until Tuesday or Wednesday. Anyone doing business with a Court is advised to check the Circuit Court's web page for the court nearest to them for closings.
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LadyStorm
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Loc: United States
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Flagler County Schools will be closed Friday and Monday.
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thinking we were at when we created them"
..........Albert Einstein
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MikeC
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Loc: Orlando, FL
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Mandatory evacs starting tomorrow at 3PM for Merritt Island and Beaches in Brevard:
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DeLandT
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Loc: Parrish, FL
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"MANATEE COUNTY, FL (Sept. 7, 2017) – As Category 5 Hurricane Irma continues to threaten Florida over the weekend, and with 9-foot storm surges expected along the Gulf coast, Manatee County officials today issued a voluntary evacuation for many Manatee County residents beginning 7 a.m. tomorrow, Friday Sept. 8."
http://www.mymanatee.org/home/government...Evacuation.html
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flnative
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Loc: 27.8960° N, 82.8466° W
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ST. PETERSBURG --
9/7/2017 - 12:20 p.m. update: Based on an abundance of caution, Pinellas County commission approves mandatory evacuation for Zone A residents starting Friday morning.
Decisions about further evacuations will be made by officials tomorrow.
"A storm going up the Atlantic Coast will not cause any major storm surge to the Tampa Bay area," said Bay News 9 Meteorologist Diane Kacmarik. "There are no watches or warnings issued for the Tampa Bay area, either."
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flnative
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Loc: 27.8960° N, 82.8466° W
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ST. PETERSBURG -
1:50pm - Update: Pinellas County Mandatory Evacuations for Zones B & C will be in place Saturday 9/9/17 @ 7am per Pinellas County EOC.
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Prospero
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Loc: Gulfport, FL
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ST. PETERSBURG --
9/7/2017 - 12:20 p.m. update: Based on an abundance of caution, Pinellas County commission approves mandatory evacuation for Zone A residents starting Friday morning.
How does this affect vacation guests in hotels and condos??
Edit: Everybody goes, nobody allowed on the beaches without a pass. I was scheduled to work on Clearwater Beach tomorrow, but won't be able to get there.
So thousands of Florida visitors will scrambling for hotel rooms! UGH
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Edited by Prospero (Thu Sep 07 2017 02:35 PM)
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Tazmanian93
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Loc: Tampa
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St.Pete-Clearwater Airport will close Friday @ 11am est
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Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
Go Bucs!!!!!!!!!
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enterlaughing
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Loc: Wisconsin
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ST. PETERSBURG -
1:50pm - Update: Pinellas County Mandatory Evacuations for Zones B & C will be in place Saturday 9/9/17 @ 7am per Pinellas County EOC.
There is nothing on the Pinellas County EOC website about this........please confirm/double check your sources.
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flnative
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Loc: 27.8960° N, 82.8466° W
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I called because I didn't know my zone and their website said it couldn't find my address. The Pinellas County EOC employee looked up my address and told me I was in Zone B and that B & C would be mandatory evac 7am Saturday morning. This was at 1:45 this afternoon.
Edited by flnative (Thu Sep 07 2017 05:46 PM)
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B.C.Francis
Storm Tracker
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Posts: 325
Loc: Indiatlantic Florida
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The exodus north on the highways must be a nightmare. Any up dates ?
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Rubber Ducky
Weather Watcher
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Posts: 34
Loc: Cocoa Beach, FL
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Here ya go... https://www.sigalert.com/Map.asp?lat=27.82634&lon=-80.55367&z=3
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MissBecky
Weather Guru
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Posts: 112
Loc: Ft. Myers, FL
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You can also use FL 511 for real time views of the interstates and major roads.
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