Mandatory evacuations ordered for Hillsborough Zone A, Pinellas Zone B

Tampa Bay Times ^ | September 9, 2017 | Times Staff

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Officials issued more mandatory evacuations early Saturday as the latest forecast for Hurricane Irma turned more bleak for Tampa Bay.

Hillsborough County issued a mandatory evacuation for Zone A, as well as for all residents in mobile homes, starting at 8 a.m.

Pinellas County expanded its mandatory evacuations to Zone B, opening 16 additional shelters. The latest order means all residents in evacuation levels A, B and mobile homes should take shelter by dusk Saturday. The order went into effect immediately.

[PrairieLady2]

News weary I think after Harvy. I have family in FLA. Right in the area expected to receive Irma’s land fall, and there isn’t a damn thing I can do to assist them. They are elderly...over 80 years old with health issues, bit fully capable of making their own decisions. All I CAN do is pray, make a phone call and say I love you.

There are several people on this forum who will be impacted by this storm, and we are ALL helpless in the face of it except to cry out to God Almighty for mercy and salvation in his wisdom.

Never assume you know the mind or heart of another just because your posts aren’t well received. This is a fast moving forum with many posts sliding off on to back pages before they’re even seen. I for one didn’t see your post. Finally, many are overwhelmed by what’s happening with these hurricanes to the point that there aren’t even words left to write.

[Wiser now]

We have a daughter, and son-in-law and our two youngest grandchildren, ages 4 and 7 in Dunedin. They cannot leave due to their jobs. She is a nurse scheduled to work at the hospital Monday afternoon or as soon as she can safely drive there. He is FEMA certified and works for the city of Clearwater. He must work until 7pm tomorrow before he can join his family at the home of friends that just had new hurricane proof roof and windows installed and live in a non-evac zone. Plus the men boarded the windows up this morning. They have a trunk full of canned goods and 7 cases of water, plus a water purifier we sent them. This is the first hurricane they have faced since they moved there. My daughter is terrified.
Currently the published time lines look like our son-in-law will not be able to safely drive to their friend’s home before hurricane force winds start, but he is stubborn enough to try.
My sister is going to ride this out in her doublewide like she has every other storm in her sixty years as a Florida native. I know it’s a bad decision but she is a very stubborn woman.
Yeah, we’re worried.

[vigilante2]

Same here, I have friends in Cocoa and Merritt Island. They're going to ride it out.I also have a Nephew stuck on the highway trying to evacuated Tampa area. They need to open both sides of the highway..