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global1

(25,263 posts) Mon Sep 11, 2017, 02:48 PM Sep 2017

Friends Driving Up North To Nashville From Talahassee Yesterday Said That They Saw....

a string of ambulances going south into Florida. Has anybody else seen that? Would they be evacuating hospitals that have no power or is there something about this storm that we haven't heard about yet?

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Friends Driving Up North To Nashville From Talahassee Yesterday Said That They Saw.... (Original Post) global1 Sep 2017 OP

Be prepared--the time to send help is before you know you need it Maeve Sep 2017 #1

They were probably power company trucks with their emergency lights on. Scurrilous Sep 2017 #2

I also know of friends heading down there SoCalNative Sep 2017 #3

Maeve

(42,287 posts)

1. Be prepared--the time to send help is before you know you need it

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 03:07 PM

Sep 2017

There will almost certainly be need as the storm passes.

Scurrilous

(38,687 posts)

2. They were probably power company trucks with their emergency lights on.

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 03:15 PM

Sep 2017

There are 16,000 linesman pouring into Florida to help out. They come in long convoys. I saw this on I-75 after Hurricane Andrew.

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

3. I also know of friends heading down there

Reply to global1 (Original post)

Mon Sep 11, 2017, 04:05 PM

Sep 2017

that work for dialysis companies..so may be part of an effort to get transport into areas where needed for patients who need regular lifesaving procedures

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