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County to pay consulting firm to study response to fires By AMBAR RODRIGUEZ December 30, 2020 GMT MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — When the Almeda and Obenchain Fires hit, few Jackson County residents were notified about evacuation orders. Many were forced to flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs and no notification save for a knock on their door telling them it was time to leave. While emergency officials rushed to respond to the fast-moving flames and to make sure residents were safe, there was also little to no communication with media outlets on the scale of the fire. The lack of notifi...

Rain. so be prepared for at least three days to a week if you are in one of these areas. it is better to over prepare because we know these things don't just happen on the coast line. they can come in as far as a hundred yards inland. >> we know florida is used to massive storms like this. what advice would you give emergency officials and their teams in places like georgia and the carolinas? >> i would say, you know, do like florida has. take it seriously. consider, you know, we said, evacuating and putting people out of their homes for several days, is a burden. however, it's far, far better...

Terrific job of making sure they got as much as they can and prepositioning in the warehouses so if the storm does take a turn for the worst, they're out there and prepared to get to people as quickly as possible. like you said, now that it's dark and the storm's going to start impacted in southern florida, not as much activity. north of orlando, there is probably still time to move those supplies around. >> bryan koon, appreciate you coming out on labor day night. good to talk to you. >> you're welcome. >> on the phone is the mayor lenny curry from jacksonville, florida. mr. mayor, what is yo...

>> hurricane fears haunting the gop convention in tampa, too. a shuffled schedule amid worries that this major storm strike on the gulf coast could overshadow mitt romney's big night. good morning and welcome to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman live in tampa, florida, for this week's gop convention. i am sitting in the cnn grill, a special cnn location just a short walk away from where mitt romney is scheduled to accept his party's nomination on thursday night, but this schedule has been changing because of isaac. a lot going on down here, zoraida. >> all right, so, we're goi...

good morning and welcome to "early start," everyone. i'm john berman live in tampa, florida, for this week's gop convention. i am sitting in the cnn grill, a special cnn location just a short walk away from where mitt romney is scheduled to accept his party's nomination on thursday night, but this schedule has been changing because of isaac. a lot going on down here, zoraida. >> all right, so, we're going to check in with you in a few minutes. i'm zoraida sambolin back here in new york. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east, so let's get started. up first, it appears tampa will escape the wrat...