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Walt Disney World parks to close due to Hurricane Ian

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Good morning. I'm here this morning with our Division of Emergency Management director kevin guthrie, our head of the florida National Guard, Jim Eifert, Transportation Secretary Jared Purdue and gracia check from fema as of eight a.m. This morning. Hurricane Ian is located roughly 200 miles south of Key West, is moving north at 12 MPH and is anticipated to exit land in CUba very soon. It is now Major Hurricane Category three hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph overnight. And into this morning, some of the modeling that has been done is now projecting *** landfall south of Tampa Bay. I know we've talked about the cone of uncertainty where the landfall was projected. We had no north florida just *** couple of days ago, that's consistently been moved more east into the florida peninsula yesterday evening. There were *** lot of solutions bringing it right into Tampa Bay. Now you have *** lot of solutions bringing the landfall into the Sarasota's area. There's still uncertainty with where that exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall, uh, in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. And so if you're on florida's gulf coast from Naples all the way through the Tampa Bay area and some of the counties north of that. Uh, that could be something. Uh, that happens and and it will certainly happen in some parts of florida's gulf coast. Now, I know there's folks in southwest florida who remember hurricane charley was projected to make *** direct impact into Tampa Bay. Uh, and then it turned and went in in the southwest florida. I would just say that the track may end up doing something somewhere. But this is *** much different. Storm charlie was *** lot smaller. It was powerful as *** category four. Most of the day damage from charlie was from wind and wind destruction. What we have here is really historic storm surge and flooding potential. And so if you're looking at those places in Fort Myers charlotte County sarah. So to the storm surge that you're going to see generated from this is going too far eclipse what we saw there. And so as you look to see what is going on with the local county, there's evacuation orders that are in place on all these counties from Pasco and Pinellas down to the Fort Myers area. And our recommendation is to heed those evacuation orders. What those evacuation orders are doing is identifying people that live in areas that are vulnerable to major storm surge and that storm surge can be life threatening. Uh, there's certain things we can protect against in terms of the wind and the structures and we've got great building codes, but when you have 5 to 10 ft of storm surge, that is not something that, that you want to be *** part of, and um, mother nature is *** very fearsome uh, adversary. So please heed those warnings, you do not need to evacuate to another state. You don't need to go hundreds of miles away. There's shelters that are open and all of these counties at this point, the important part of if you're under an evacuation order is evacuate to to higher ground, that is going to be safe from the type of surge and flooding that were, that were fearing with this storm. Of course there's certain certain Floridians that may live in in mobile homes or manufactured housing that would be vulnerable if you're under an order, of course, you know, you want to be in *** structure that is going to be able to withstand some of the hurricane winds, but, but by and large, we're looking at really, really major storm surge up and down the west coast of florida. There are people that of course, you know, are evacuating on different roadways. Uh, there has been been traffic, but there has not yet been um, the backups where F dot and FHP have opened the emerge Shoulder lanes. They will do that once sustained speeds are at 40 mph or less. And so when that happens, they will make that call, people will be able to use those um, you know, but don't use it until then because that obviously, you know, carry some risk if, if people um, you know, don't know that that's something that, that, that is going on. You also can use things like gas buddy to find gas stations um in the area that have fuel. And I would note if you look at these updated tracks that we've been getting this morning and I think you'll probably see that reflected in the 11 a.m. Advisory from the national Hurricane Center. You have potential paths of the storm, uh, entering florida's gulf coast, cutting across the state and exiting into the atlantic ocean. Uh, that means some of those counties that are more interior. Uh, you know, you could absolutely see power outages, you could see inland flooding. Um, You know, you could see various types of tree and damage from wind. So, so just be prepared for that. We were here 48 hours ago. And most of the solutions had it going up the coast, the west coast of Florida. Well now, most of them have it ramming into the state of Florida and cutting across and so just be be prepared for that. And understand that that's something that could be happening, visit Florida is partnered with Expedia to launch an emergency accommodations page. Anyone who has been ordered to evac wait, can use this page to find available accommodations in other areas of the state by visiting Expedia dot com slash florida again, Expedia dot com slash florida. We have about 2.5 million Floridians that are currently under some type of an evacuation order, make sure, you know, your evacuation zones. So you can find that at florida disaster dot org slash plan, prepare florida disaster dot org slash plan prepare. And of course, if you are called upon to evacuate, uh you know, make sure you take care of your pets, don't leave your pets behind when you when you're evacuating. Um and there's pet friendly shelters, there's there's things that can be done to take to take care of pets. We want to make sure. So there is information about planning for your pet at florida disaster dot org forward slash plan prepare. We want to make sure that we're that we're taking care of our friends to find shelters again, visit florida disaster dot org slash shelters florida disaster dot org slash shelters. Most of these counties are gonna have shelters within the county that are in higher ground. The buildings are gonna be hurricane proof. They're gonna be able to withstand *** Category three hurricane in terms of the winds. But it's gonna put you in *** situation where you're not gonna be vulnerable to the effects of the storm surge and the effects of the flooding. We have of course suspended tolls starting yesterday to assist people who maybe uh maybe moving around the state and and following evacuation orders. You can look at those facilities at f dot dot gov that list them. We may add more if there is *** need to do that as the storm impacts other parts of the state. and we will make that announcement at the approach time. We have 26 school districts that have announced school closures uh and you may and you may very well have more as the track becomes more certain if you want the most updated school information, go to f L D O E dot org slash storm info. F L D O E dot org slash storm info. We have 5000 national guardsmen That are activated. We've got 2000 additional guardsmen from other states and I know Jim has been talking with other states. Uh you know, to help us with with even more assets. We do have our urban search and rescue teams activated. We have three additional teams on standby ready to deploy. Our FW. C. has officers placed in every county um in anticipation of heavy rains and flooding and you will see heavy rains in parts of the state that are not necessarily on florida's gulf coast. We also have high water vehicles and shallow draft boats that are ready for immediate deployment to the affected areas. We also have FWC's aviation section placed on standby and it's ready. All appropriate air aircraft are ready for deployment for search and rescue and post storm damage assessments as needed. FHP has implemented their 12 hour shifts. They've mobilized additional state troopers to the gulf coast and of course our partners in the U. S. Coast Guard are standing by and are able and willing to assist. Uh We do report today. 100% of operating long term care facilities do have *** generator on site. Of course we have *** state of emergency for all 67 counties. We are going to keep that in place. I think if you look at the tracks that have come out this morning, uh the chance that you have major impacts in northwest Florida of course have have declined. But we also understand there's gonna be people that are gonna be evacuating and we want to give every county flexibility to help their fellow Floridians. We have issued the way waivers of weights uh for commercial trucks, we want the fuel and the resources continuing to come into the state. We've spoken with with our partners. Uh they're they're going to keep doing it until um it's no longer safe to do so because they understand how important it is. We do have emergency refills of maintenance prescriptions. Uh Those are authorized for another 30 days and we have to have 28,000 across the state Between our investor owned utilities are municipal utilities and our rural electric co ops. More than 28,000. Linemen are staged for power restorations across The state of Florida and we understand as the storm hits and passes the need to be able to restore power as soon as possible for as many Floridians as possible. Make sure you're executing your plan. This is, this is imminent. We appreciate everybody in our counties who have worked very hard to execute their plans, Kevin will talk *** little bit more about from the D. M. perspective, but we've had more than we've had about 500 requests for assistance from our our cow. The state is fulfilled 466 some others are on the way and some will be fulfilled. They just can't be fulfilled until the storm actually hits. We mentioned sending medical professionals to Hillsborough County, special needs shelters. We sent another 122 surrounding counties. We do have our logistical staging area in polk county and we will have additional staging later today. 300 ambulances supporting special needs evacuations have been deployed, 100 of generators and pumps have been staged primarily in the Tampa area and of course pre landfall food and water has been staged for Tampa Tampa Bay region. Now, as the track has has moved *** little bit more to where you have potentially greater impacts in southwest. I mean, we knew you were going to get storm surge all along. I mean, it's just the nature of *** storm this big however, kevin is going to be mobilizing more resources to be able to assist those counties in the southwest portion of state of florida. Again, go to florida disaster dot org forward slash get *** plan to make sure that that you have what you need, you know, you still have time today to execute what you need to do. If you're in an evacuation zone, you have time to be able to heed those orders. If you're not, you have time to be able to get whatever supplies that you may need to deal with, what's going to happen over the next few days. I would just tell all Floridians who are in the path of this, there's gonna be interruptions and things like power is going to be interruptions in fuel, maybe interruptions in communications. Uh, that is to be expected. So just plan for that. And of course all these resources are mobilized to try to restore the services as quickly as possible once it's safe to do so, uh, safety is paramount when you're talking about storm surge like this, when you're talking about historic flooding, that water is *** very, very difficult adversary. You do not want to put yourself in har way unnecessarily. So, if you're ordered to evacuate, that's *** decision based off what we're seeing with this storm, what your local officials are seeing with the storm and the potential impacts that could have on your part of the state of florida. And doesn't mean you need to go all across God's creation to evacuate, just get to the higher ground, get into *** safe structure. We have shelters open and all those counties now at the county level and we would encourage people to do that once the storm passes, you can be able to get back in your home will be able to assess whatever damage may have occurred and be able to, to make the necessary improvements and and and rebuild. But we can't unring the bell if you stay uh and you end up getting washed away with with *** historic storm surge or get caught in really, really significant flooding. So kevin Guthrie is gonna say *** few words and then we're also gonna have Jared Purdue from f dot, Give an update on the traffic situation. Thank you governor. And good morning. Uh I'm gonna start with *** bullet point that I actually don't have because it was just sent to me. But um, the National Hurricane center is now predicting that landfall will be venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 miles an hour. So again venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 mile an hour, making it *** major category three land falling hurricane. We currently have more, as the governor mentioned, we currently have more than 500 active mission requests from our local partners and we are working diligently to ensure that all the needs are met. The governor already mentioned that we're starting to move additional contract staff and additional resources into the southwest Florida area. Uh we do have the five urban search and rescue teams that are on standby and we were moving those again around the state of florida. I think it's very important to say that Tampa Bay region. You are not out of the woods yet. There is still going to be *** storm surge event in the Tampa Bay region. Uh We're waiting on that data to come in to see what those actual numbers are gonna be. But you need to additionally, you need to continue to heed the warnings that are in place for Pinellas, Tampa Manatee Hillsborough do not return yet. If you have evacuated, residents can expect power due to anticipated impacts from the storm statewide. We do have telephone companies on standby. We have the big three wireless companies here in R. E. O. C. With us Floridians should be prepared and have *** communications plan in place with their families on how they plan to communicate after the fact during previous hurricanes, the cell towers did go down. We expect them to go down in this particular event, Residents should have alternated alternate ways to communicate with friends, loved ones and family. It's also important remember when an evacuation order is issued, you may only need to to evacuate tens of miles as the governor has mentioned already. Instead of hundreds of miles. Many people in the southwest florida area, your best bet is going to be evacuate across the state. Just go straight across the state to Broward Miami Dade Palm Beach. Do not try to go north. That will certainly help the secretary from D. O. T. To help manage that traffic do not go north, Go straight across over to southeast florida. Residents should take the time now to determine if they live in an evacuation zone again. That is available at florida disaster dot org slash k N O W. Or slash plan prepare as the governor has already mentioned. I want to take *** moment to we've had some calls coming to our calling center. It is not the fema flood site. These are evacuation zones on florida disaster dot org. They are not one and the same. We had *** lady call in this morning saying, but it says I live in *** zone X. That is *** fema flood map. That is not *** storm surge zone evacuation zone. So please know the difference between the two, Keep gas and battery tanks at least half full throughout the entire season. Especially in this event that will cut down on lines at gas stations. If you live in an evacuation zone and you decide to shelter in place, make sure you have enough supplies to weather the storm. We may be without power 357 days or more depending on the situation. You want to make sure that you have extra cash in case *** TM or I'm sorry, in in case credit card services are unavailable after the storm. Another major threat with Hurricane Ivan or I'm sorry, hurricane Ian is going to be damaging winds. So if you can pick it up, put it up again. If you can pick it up from your yard, put it up, secure those loose items in your yard, Take the time to clear all that potential debris, bring in furniture. Strong winds can pick those items up and crash them into your home or your neighbor's home for more updates in your area. Remember to follow your local county emergency management activity. That will be the best source of information at the local level on your evacuations. The division has activated the state assistance information line, the cell line to provide additional resources for Floridians. To receive up to date information regarding hurricane in via phone. Residents and visitors can call this toll free line at 1 803 423557. I'll repeat that number. It is 1 803 423557. You can also follow the division on facebook and twitter are twitter handle is at F L. S E R T. That's at F. L. Cert. If you have any additional information that you know, you can always go to our florida disaster dot org website slash info. Governor. Again. Thank you very much for your leadership in this situation Good morning. I'm here this morning with our Division of Emergency Management director kevin guthrie, our head of the florida National Guard, Jim Eifert, Transportation Secretary Jared Purdue and gracia check from fema as of eight a.m. This morning. Hurricane Ian is located roughly 200 miles south of Key West, is moving north at 12 MPH and is anticipated to exit land in CUba very soon. It is now Major Hurricane Category three hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 125 mph overnight. And into this morning, some of the modeling that has been done is now projecting *** landfall south of Tampa Bay. I know we've talked about the cone of uncertainty where the landfall was projected. We had no north florida just *** couple of days ago, that's consistently been moved more east into the florida peninsula yesterday evening. There were *** lot of solutions bringing it right into Tampa Bay. Now you have *** lot of solutions bringing the landfall into the Sarasota's area. There's still uncertainty with where that exact landfall will be, but just understand the impacts are going to be far far broader than just where the eye of the storm happens to make landfall, uh, in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and life threatening storm surge. And so if you're on florida's gulf coast from Naples all the way through the Tampa Bay area and some of the counties north of that. Uh, that could be something. Uh, that happens and and it will certainly happen in some parts of florida's gulf coast. Now, I know there's folks in southwest florida who remember hurricane charley was projected to make *** direct impact into Tampa Bay. Uh, and then it turned and went in in the southwest florida. I would just say that the track may end up doing something somewhere. But this is *** much different. Storm charlie was *** lot smaller. It was powerful as *** category four. Most of the day damage from charlie was from wind and wind destruction. What we have here is really historic storm surge and flooding potential. And so if you're looking at those places in Fort Myers charlotte County sarah. So to the storm surge that you're going to see generated from this is going too far eclipse what we saw there. And so as you look to see what is going on with the local county, there's evacuation orders that are in place on all these counties from Pasco and Pinellas down to the Fort Myers area. And our recommendation is to heed those evacuation orders. What those evacuation orders are doing is identifying people that live in areas that are vulnerable to major storm surge and that storm surge can be life threatening. Uh, there's certain things we can protect against in terms of the wind and the structures and we've got great building codes, but when you have 5 to 10 ft of storm surge, that is not something that, that you want to be *** part of, and um, mother nature is *** very fearsome uh, adversary. So please heed those warnings, you do not need to evacuate to another state. You don't need to go hundreds of miles away. There's shelters that are open and all of these counties at this point, the important part of if you're under an evacuation order is evacuate to to higher ground, that is going to be safe from the type of surge and flooding that were, that were fearing with this storm. Of course there's certain certain Floridians that may live in in mobile homes or manufactured housing that would be vulnerable if you're under an order, of course, you know, you want to be in *** structure that is going to be able to withstand some of the hurricane winds, but, but by and large, we're looking at really, really major storm surge up and down the west coast of florida. There are people that of course, you know, are evacuating on different roadways. Uh, there has been been traffic, but there has not yet been um, the backups where F dot and FHP have opened the emerge Shoulder lanes. They will do that once sustained speeds are at 40 mph or less. And so when that happens, they will make that call, people will be able to use those um, you know, but don't use it until then because that obviously, you know, carry some risk if, if people um, you know, don't know that that's something that, that, that is going on. You also can use things like gas buddy to find gas stations um in the area that have fuel. And I would note if you look at these updated tracks that we've been getting this morning and I think you'll probably see that reflected in the 11 a.m. Advisory from the national Hurricane Center. You have potential paths of the storm, uh, entering florida's gulf coast, cutting across the state and exiting into the atlantic ocean. Uh, that means some of those counties that are more interior. Uh, you know, you could absolutely see power outages, you could see inland flooding. Um, You know, you could see various types of tree and damage from wind. So, so just be prepared for that. We were here 48 hours ago. And most of the solutions had it going up the coast, the west coast of Florida. Well now, most of them have it ramming into the state of Florida and cutting across and so just be be prepared for that. And understand that that's something that could be happening, visit Florida is partnered with Expedia to launch an emergency accommodations page. Anyone who has been ordered to evac wait, can use this page to find available accommodations in other areas of the state by visiting Expedia dot com slash florida again, Expedia dot com slash florida. We have about 2.5 million Floridians that are currently under some type of an evacuation order, make sure, you know, your evacuation zones. So you can find that at florida disaster dot org slash plan, prepare florida disaster dot org slash plan prepare. And of course, if you are called upon to evacuate, uh you know, make sure you take care of your pets, don't leave your pets behind when you when you're evacuating. Um and there's pet friendly shelters, there's there's things that can be done to take to take care of pets. We want to make sure. So there is information about planning for your pet at florida disaster dot org forward slash plan prepare. We want to make sure that we're that we're taking care of our friends to find shelters again, visit florida disaster dot org slash shelters florida disaster dot org slash shelters. Most of these counties are gonna have shelters within the county that are in higher ground. The buildings are gonna be hurricane proof. They're gonna be able to withstand *** Category three hurricane in terms of the winds. But it's gonna put you in *** situation where you're not gonna be vulnerable to the effects of the storm surge and the effects of the flooding. We have of course suspended tolls starting yesterday to assist people who maybe uh maybe moving around the state and and following evacuation orders. You can look at those facilities at f dot dot gov that list them. We may add more if there is *** need to do that as the storm impacts other parts of the state. and we will make that announcement at the approach time. We have 26 school districts that have announced school closures uh and you may and you may very well have more as the track becomes more certain if you want the most updated school information, go to f L D O E dot org slash storm info. F L D O E dot org slash storm info. We have 5000 national guardsmen That are activated. We've got 2000 additional guardsmen from other states and I know Jim has been talking with other states. Uh you know, to help us with with even more assets. We do have our urban search and rescue teams activated. We have three additional teams on standby ready to deploy. Our FW. C. has officers placed in every county um in anticipation of heavy rains and flooding and you will see heavy rains in parts of the state that are not necessarily on florida's gulf coast. We also have high water vehicles and shallow draft boats that are ready for immediate deployment to the affected areas. We also have FWC's aviation section placed on standby and it's ready. All appropriate air aircraft are ready for deployment for search and rescue and post storm damage assessments as needed. FHP has implemented their 12 hour shifts. They've mobilized additional state troopers to the gulf coast and of course our partners in the U. S. Coast Guard are standing by and are able and willing to assist. Uh We do report today. 100% of operating long term care facilities do have *** generator on site. Of course we have *** state of emergency for all 67 counties. We are going to keep that in place. I think if you look at the tracks that have come out this morning, uh the chance that you have major impacts in northwest Florida of course have have declined. But we also understand there's gonna be people that are gonna be evacuating and we want to give every county flexibility to help their fellow Floridians. We have issued the way waivers of weights uh for commercial trucks, we want the fuel and the resources continuing to come into the state. We've spoken with with our partners. Uh they're they're going to keep doing it until um it's no longer safe to do so because they understand how important it is. We do have emergency refills of maintenance prescriptions. Uh Those are authorized for another 30 days and we have to have 28,000 across the state Between our investor owned utilities are municipal utilities and our rural electric co ops. More than 28,000. Linemen are staged for power restorations across The state of Florida and we understand as the storm hits and passes the need to be able to restore power as soon as possible for as many Floridians as possible. Make sure you're executing your plan. This is, this is imminent. We appreciate everybody in our counties who have worked very hard to execute their plans, Kevin will talk *** little bit more about from the D. M. perspective, but we've had more than we've had about 500 requests for assistance from our our cow. The state is fulfilled 466 some others are on the way and some will be fulfilled. They just can't be fulfilled until the storm actually hits. We mentioned sending medical professionals to Hillsborough County, special needs shelters. We sent another 122 surrounding counties. We do have our logistical staging area in polk county and we will have additional staging later today. 300 ambulances supporting special needs evacuations have been deployed, 100 of generators and pumps have been staged primarily in the Tampa area and of course pre landfall food and water has been staged for Tampa Tampa Bay region. Now, as the track has has moved *** little bit more to where you have potentially greater impacts in southwest. I mean, we knew you were going to get storm surge all along. I mean, it's just the nature of *** storm this big however, kevin is going to be mobilizing more resources to be able to assist those counties in the southwest portion of state of florida. Again, go to florida disaster dot org forward slash get *** plan to make sure that that you have what you need, you know, you still have time today to execute what you need to do. If you're in an evacuation zone, you have time to be able to heed those orders. If you're not, you have time to be able to get whatever supplies that you may need to deal with, what's going to happen over the next few days. I would just tell all Floridians who are in the path of this, there's gonna be interruptions and things like power is going to be interruptions in fuel, maybe interruptions in communications. Uh, that is to be expected. So just plan for that. And of course all these resources are mobilized to try to restore the services as quickly as possible once it's safe to do so, uh, safety is paramount when you're talking about storm surge like this, when you're talking about historic flooding, that water is *** very, very difficult adversary. You do not want to put yourself in har way unnecessarily. So, if you're ordered to evacuate, that's *** decision based off what we're seeing with this storm, what your local officials are seeing with the storm and the potential impacts that could have on your part of the state of florida. And doesn't mean you need to go all across God's creation to evacuate, just get to the higher ground, get into *** safe structure. We have shelters open and all those counties now at the county level and we would encourage people to do that once the storm passes, you can be able to get back in your home will be able to assess whatever damage may have occurred and be able to, to make the necessary improvements and and and rebuild. But we can't unring the bell if you stay uh and you end up getting washed away with with *** historic storm surge or get caught in really, really significant flooding. So kevin Guthrie is gonna say *** few words and then we're also gonna have Jared Purdue from f dot, Give an update on the traffic situation. Thank you governor. And good morning. Uh I'm gonna start with *** bullet point that I actually don't have because it was just sent to me. But um, the National Hurricane center is now predicting that landfall will be venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 miles an hour. So again venice in 35 hours at 100 and 25 mile an hour, making it *** major category three land falling hurricane. We currently have more, as the governor mentioned, we currently have more than 500 active mission requests from our local partners and we are working diligently to ensure that all the needs are met. The governor already mentioned that we're starting to move additional contract staff and additional resources into the southwest Florida area. Uh we do have the five urban search and rescue teams that are on standby and we were moving those again around the state of florida. I think it's very important to say that Tampa Bay region. You are not out of the woods yet. There is still going to be *** storm surge event in the Tampa Bay region. Uh We're waiting on that data to come in to see what those actual numbers are gonna be. But you need to additionally, you need to continue to heed the warnings that are in place for Pinellas, Tampa Manatee Hillsborough do not return yet. If you have evacuated, residents can expect power due to anticipated impacts from the storm statewide. We do have telephone companies on standby. We have the big three wireless companies here in R. E. O. C. With us Floridians should be prepared and have *** communications plan in place with their families on how they plan to communicate after the fact during previous hurricanes, the cell towers did go down. We expect them to go down in this particular event, Residents should have alternated alternate ways to communicate with friends, loved ones and family. It's also important remember when an evacuation order is issued, you may only need to to evacuate tens of miles as the governor has mentioned already. Instead of hundreds of miles. Many people in the southwest florida area, your best bet is going to be evacuate across the state. Just go straight across the state to Broward Miami Dade Palm Beach. Do not try to go north. That will certainly help the secretary from D. O. T. To help manage that traffic do not go north, Go straight across over to southeast florida. Residents should take the time now to determine if they live in an evacuation zone again. That is available at florida disaster dot org slash k N O W. Or slash plan prepare as the governor has already mentioned. I want to take *** moment to we've had some calls coming to our calling center. It is not the fema flood site. These are evacuation zones on florida disaster dot org. They are not one and the same. We had *** lady call in this morning saying, but it says I live in *** zone X. That is *** fema flood map. That is not *** storm surge zone evacuation zone. So please know the difference between the two, Keep gas and battery tanks at least half full throughout the entire season. Especially in this event that will cut down on lines at gas stations. If you live in an evacuation zone and you decide to shelter in place, make sure you have enough supplies to weather the storm. We may be without power 357 days or more depending on the situation. You want to make sure that you have extra cash in case *** TM or I'm sorry, in in case credit card services are unavailable after the storm. Another major threat with Hurricane Ivan or I'm sorry, hurricane Ian is going to be damaging winds. So if you can pick it up, put it up again. If you can pick it up from your yard, put it up, secure those loose items in your yard, Take the time to clear all that potential debris, bring in furniture. Strong winds can pick those items up and crash them into your home or your neighbor's home for more updates in your area. Remember to follow your local county emergency management activity. That will be the best source of information at the local level on your evacuations. The division has activated the state assistance information line, the cell line to provide additional resources for Floridians. To receive up to date information regarding hurricane in via phone. Residents and visitors can call this toll free line at 1 803 423557. I'll repeat that number. It is 1 803 423557. You can also follow the division on facebook and twitter are twitter handle is at F L. S E R T. That's at F. L. Cert. If you have any additional information that you know, you can always go to our florida disaster dot org website slash info. Governor. Again. Thank you very much for your leadership in this situation
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Walt Disney World parks to close due to Hurricane Ian
Walt Disney World announced on Tuesday evening that the parks would be closing due to Hurricane Ian.The parks will be closed Wednesday and Thursday. "We are monitoring weather conditions so we can make timely decisions for the safety of our cast and guests," a news release said.Related video above: Florida Gov. DeSantis discusses Hurricane Ian preparationUniversal Orlando also announced Tuesday afternoon that it will close its Florida theme parks and CityWalk on Wednesday and Thursday in anticipation of Hurricane Ian's impact on the state.Because the park will be closed, the company has also canceled its Halloween Horror Nights events on those evenings at Universal Studios in Orlando.A statement from Universal Orlando said the closures come "out of concern for the safety of our Team Members and our Guests."

Walt Disney World announced on Tuesday evening that the parks would be closing due to Hurricane Ian.

The parks will be closed Wednesday and Thursday.

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"We are monitoring weather conditions so we can make timely decisions for the safety of our cast and guests," a news release said.

Related video above: Florida Gov. DeSantis discusses Hurricane Ian preparation

Universal Orlando also announced Tuesday afternoon that it will close its Florida theme parks and CityWalk on Wednesday and Thursday in anticipation of Hurricane Ian's impact on the state.

Because the park will be closed, the company has also canceled its Halloween Horror Nights events on those evenings at Universal Studios in Orlando.

A statement from Universal Orlando said the closures come "out of concern for the safety of our Team Members and our Guests."