Palm Beach County: mandatory evacuation for 123k, advised for another 138k

[muriel_volestrangler]

More than 260,000 Palm Beach County residents were urged to evacuate their homes on barrier islands and in areas prone to storm surge starting at 10 a.m. Friday, as Gov. Rick Scott warned that Hurricane Irma could bring “deadly storm surge” and “life-threatening winds” to Florida’s east coast.

The mandatory evacuations were ordered for roughly 123,000 residents living in Zones A and B. Those areas include the barrier islands, lands areas north and south of the Jupiter Inlet, mobile homes, low-lying areas prone to water intrusion, and other surge-vulnerable areas along the Intracoastal Waterway.

Voluntary evacuations were issued for those living in Zone C. That area generally includes properties from the Intracoastal waterway west to U.S. 1 in the south and central part of the county, and areas in close proximity to the Loxahatchee River and the northern tip of the Lake Worth Lagoon. About 138,000 people live in those areas.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/hurricane-irma-261k-pbc-residents-urged-evacuate/IW0I0DWZ7m8Qfq82YCGHfP/

Evacuation zones: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/weather/hurricanes/evacuation-zones-procedures/cpvmyT9gVlVmtMR9vR6vqL/

[BainsBane]

1. US 1 is right along the coast.

But as the article says, a lot of people live on barrier islands.

[Motley13]

3. US 1 is not along the coast, A1A is

in my area Fort Lauderdale, evacuation is east of US 1, also known as Federal Hwy

[Motley13]

6. Just to add to this, nowhere in FL is that far from the coast

A1A is on the coast, but US1 in some areas is 3 miles inland

[BainsBane]

10. Depends where you are

For parts of Palm Beach county, it's along the coast.


But yes, no where in FL is far from the coast. That's why evacuating is so difficult.

Please try to stay safe.

I so don't miss hurricanes.

[cwydro]

2. Jeez, the roads are already a mess.

What a nightmare.

[msongs]

4. evacuate to where exactly? Rick Scott's house? Mar a Lago? nt

[OceanChick]

5. I'm a nervous wreck!

I lived in Palm Beach County my whole life. Mostly directly on the ocean. I'm still traumatized from going through Frances, Jean and especially Wilma since the eye passed directly over my condo in Highland Beach. During the eye, we went outside to look at everyone's car that had been destroyed after the carport collapsed on them.

Now I live in Denver and I'm freaking out about my family and friends in Florida.

I can't decide if it's worse to live through the storm with them or worry about them from so far away.

Either way, I can't stop watching The Weather Channel, reading DU and Twitter for updates!

[Sanity Claws]

7. Sounds like it is headed to Mar a Lago

[OnDoutside]

8. My brother is up the road in Martin County, and is staying. He has spent the last week

nailing down his properties, making sure the metal shutters are in place, and hoping for the best. He's fully fuelled up and has plenty of food and water (though he says not enough beer yet !).

[XRubicon]

9. I have been ordered out by 5pm tomorrow...

[Motley13]

11. where are you?

nt

[XRubicon]

12. Palm Beach

Zone B.

[RandySF]

13. That's not going to work.