8,000 people seek safety at Pinellas County emergency shelters

8,000 people seek safety at Pinellas County emergency shelters

[avocadotoast]

Prayers for everyone 🙏 from Ireland 🇮🇪

[auntiepha]

Thank you to the County employees working in the Pinellas shelters! 👍😀

[dreamersruleNOW]

I was in hurricane Andrew, CAT 5, august 92. Always flee if u can. I could not because I only found out about it on the way to my house a few hours before it was arriving and I had no money. It was also arriving full speed in our direction and the freeways were full. Beyond a miracle, my house and car had zero damage. Massive Mexican roof tiles were flying around like toothpicks in the wind. I say always leave if you have time when a storm like this is on the way. The heat after this was 100 plus temperatures and no power. People paid $500 for a bag of ice. Congressmen lived in my area; we had power back on within a few days but in other areas it was over 3 months. Even a year later homestead had no street signs and only a few street lights up. Thousands did not survive despite media saying 74 died; that was not true. Because it was a tourist area they did not report the facts.

[MarkMayhew]

I’m riding it out in my van unless it gets too bad I’ll go to a friends place

[duewhit]

By now, shouldnt FL have houses & shelters built like tanks?

[nicolemartin-pzwl]

What about helping the people who can't afford to evacuate?? People have wrote their names on their arms taking a chance and staying to die because they cannot afford to evacuate and thats sad because no one wants to help smh 😒 🙏🏾😔❤️

[beachrose]

AND AGAIN YOU GO TO THE RICH NEIGHBORHOOD..PASS A GRILLE.. RICH