Fifty additional ARC Mass Care workers left Atlanta last night for sites in Florida. ARC warehouses in Texas, Pennsylvania and Indiana have been placed on alert for possible deployment of supplies to the southern states. The Salvation Army and the Southern Baptist Convention have feeding stations and mobile kitchens staged throughout the state. The governor has declared a State of Emergency in the central and southern counties. The State Emergency Operations Center is now at Level IV, its highest activation level.
Operations are around the clock with full Emergency Support Function staffing.
The number of rooms is diminishing quickly as more evacuees make their way out of southern Florida. Local States of Emergency have been declared in Monroe, Broward, Miami-Dade, Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Hardee, Glades, Hendry, Highlands and Hillsborough counties. At least a dozen other counties may take similar action today depending on the actual track and landfall of the hurricane. Evacuations, either mandatory or otherwise, are occurring in all or parts of Monroe, Miami-Dade, Broward, Collier, Sarasota Hardee and Glades counties. All roads southbound from Florida City into the Keys are closed to accommodate evacuations.