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A.G. GancarskiOctober 6, 2016

Last updated: 5:45 p.m. When it comes to hurricanes, Jacksonville has had a lot of dry runs, false alarms, and close calls. Hurricane Matthew is different. NOAA said as much in its noon Thursday update: “A major hurricane has not impacted this area in 118 years, since Oct. 2 1898. There is NO local living memory […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2016

On Wednesday evening, Gov. Rick Scott spoke to media from the Jacksonville Emergency Operations Center about the impending onslaught of Hurricane Matthew. Using emphatic, strong language, Scott urged people who need to evacuate to do so and not take any chances, as the dread prospect of a Category 4 hurricane becomes a reality. With the latest […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterOctober 5, 2016

Florida’s Department of Transportation will suspend tolls in counties where there are evacuation orders. The National Hurricane Center has called Hurricane Matthew a Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 miles per hour. The most recent forecast showed the entire east coast — spanning from Monroe to Nassau counties — could experience tropical storm or […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 5, 2016

On Wednesday morning, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry briefed local media on the city’s response plan for Hurricane Matthew. The eye, slated to parallel the Jacksonville coast sometime Friday evening, presents the closest thing to an existential threat Jacksonville has faced from a hurricane this century. The Jacksonville City Council is slated to meet at noon to […]

Jim RosicaOctober 5, 2016

Gov. Rick Scott in a Wednesday news briefing on Hurricane Matthew told Floridians that “protecting life is our No. 1 priority.” “If Matthew directly impacts Florida, there will be massive destruction, the likes of which we have not seen in years,” he said at the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee. “This is a deadly storm […]

Tag: evacuation

Jacksonville preps for ‘catastrophic 100-year storm’ ; National Guard en route

Rick Scott on Hurricane Matthew: ‘assume we’re going to have a direct impact’

Rick Scott orders FDOT to suspend tolls in counties with Hurricane Matthew evacuations

Lenny Curry orders evacuation of beach communities, low-lying areas

Rick Scott: ‘Hope for the best, prepare for the worst’