Florida Officials: If You Don’t Intend To Evacuate, Write Your Name On Your Bodies So Families Can Be Notified

Mediaite reports:

Florida officials are telling residents who don’t intend to evacuate from the areas expected to be hit hardest by Hurricane Milton to write their names and the phone number of a family member on themselves so their bodies can be identified and their families find out about their deaths, according to CNN’s Paul Murphy.

In an appearance on CNN Monday night, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor had a similar warning, saying she “could say without any dramatization whatsoever: If you chose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you’re going to die.” She continued, “This is something that I have never seen in my life. People need to get out.”

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The same message went out ahead of Helene.

Florida Officials Are Telling Residents Who Don’t Evacuate to Write Their Names on Themselves So Their Bodies Can Be Identified https://t.co/gW6hGlebAZ

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