13 of those counties. Voluntary in another nine. Governor rick scott calling michael a monstrous, dangerous storm that could kill you. If you are under an evacuation order, listen to it. Leave now. Do not take a chance. You dont know if roads are going to get closed. Were going to do everything we can to help you, but do not wait. People preparing the best they can. Store shelves cleared out as residents stock up. 34 shelters opening, according to the governor, several hospitals closing in areas forecast to take the hardest hit. Cnn bringing you coverage from destin and apalachicola, the panhandle, and chad myers with the latest. A category four. Right. It grew overnight. The pressure went down. The wind speeds went up. The eye got smaller, and now were up to 140 Miles Per Hour. An airplane just flew through it, had a wind gust of 139 Miles Per Hour. Had a wind sustained at 129. This is the real deal. This isnt just some makeup, oh, lets push the numbers up so people panic. No, this is
Wait. People across the panhandle preparing as best nay can. You best they can. You can see store shelves cleared out as residents stock up. 34 shelters opening according to the governors office. Several hospitals closing in the areas forecast to take the hardest hit. Cnn bringing you live coverage from apalachicola, Panama City Beach, and destin on the panhandle. And from the cnn Weather Center with chad myers. A new statement out from the Weather Service. What are we learning . And a new track and an unfortunate bump in the wind speed. Now 140 Miles Per Hour around the eyewall itself. I cant let you focus on that 140. Thats going to do a tenmilewide swath of destruction between mexico beach and maybe port st. Joe if it gets farther to the right, then up toward panama city. Look at the size of the storm itself. All the way from almost new orleans and affecting the florida west coast. The storm turns into a 145 storm before landfall. This is 1 00 p. M. This afternoon. Thats when the ey
City council members and city staff met with a downtown economic development specialist on Tuesday to discuss next steps following the downtown assessment completed in November.