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Mayor of Gainesville signs declaration of emergency
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:57 am
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:57 am
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This afternoon, Mayor Lauren Poe signed a declaration of emergency for the City of Gainesville which will go into effect at 6 p.m. today. This enables city staff to fully utilize all resources necessary to keep the public safe. Public safety officials are asking the public to stay off the roads when the storm near, if possible. This will allow emergency vehicles to respond to the highest priority needs first.
Please note the following regarding the hurricane or hurricane preparation:
-The 311 Rumor Control phone number is now active. Please use it to verify the most up to the minute information on Hurricane Matthew. For life threatening emergencies call 911. For emergencies that are not life threatening, call 352-955-1818.
-No shelters are currently open.
-City offices will be closed Friday, Oct. 7.
-Alachua County schools are closed Friday, Oct. 7.
-RTS buses will continue to run until winds reach a sustained wind speed of 35 MPH.
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Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:58 am to sicboy
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:58 am to sicboy
Said declaration will be over Friday at midnight
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:58 am to sicboy
So everybody besides the university of Florida is handling this correctly.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:58 am to sicboy
must be an lsu fan
such a pussy
such a pussy
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:58 am to sicboy
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:58 am to sicboy
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 am to sicboy
Oh, but Gainesville will be fine! Just stupid LSU fans care about this!
Per the idiots on the SEC Rant
Per the idiots on the SEC Rant
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 am to sicboy
game on
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 am to sicboy
Nothing to see here. Move along. Just a stiff dew. 
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 am to sicboy
Weather will be rough in Gainesville on FRIDAY. Saturday forecast looks pretty good. Enjoy the game.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 10:59 am to Warrior Poet
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Said declaration will be over Friday at midnight
Not arguing one thing or the other, but I'm sure that's tentative per what the storm ends up doing.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:00 am to Puck82
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Just a stiff dew
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:01 am to Warrior Poet
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Said declaration will be over Friday at midnight
So, as of now the LSU team and it's equipment buses will have a total of 12 hours to make the drive into Gainesville and get prepared for the game at noon.
Seems reasonable.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:01 am to Puck82
It's just a Cat 4 Hurricane and the weather will be fine 12 hours later !!!!
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:01 am to UFMatt
So we're just gunna have to fly in saturday morning when all the shite's over with and have the team ready to play at noon?
Seems legit.
Seems legit.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:01 am to Puck82
They declare a state of emergency and are going to host a football game less than 24 hours later
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:02 am to sicboy
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:02 am to Warrior Poet
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Said declaration will be over Friday at midnight
Oh,so we just hop on a chartered plane at midnight, fly into an open Florida airport and make it to kickoff at noon?
Awesome.
Posted on 10/6/16 at 11:02 am to Warrior Poet
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Said declaration will be over Friday at midnight
I see you're still confused
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