{"id":83545,"date":"2017-09-10T22:09:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-11T02:09:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=83545"},"modified":"2017-09-10T22:13:22","modified_gmt":"2017-09-11T02:13:22","slug":"greatest-evacuation-in-history-650000-ordered-to-leave-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=83545","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Greatest Evacuation In History&#8221; &#8211; 650,000 Ordered To Leave Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>In what spokesman Michael Hernandez describes as<strong><em>\u00a0&#8220;the biggest evacuation in history,&#8221;<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Miami-Dade has expanded its mandatory evacuations\u00a0<strong>orders to Zone C, forcing over 650,000 to leave Florida in a &#8220;traffic nightmare&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0as Cat-5 Hurricane Irma bears down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac6_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An earlier order included just Miami Beach, other low-lying and barrier island areas and all mobile-home residents, bu<strong>t as the storm grew in intensity and the cone of uncertainty narrowed,<a href=\"http:\/\/mdc.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/webappviewer\/index.html?id=0f29d50eb2e74dcc886f661d08d0868d\">\u00a0County Mayor Carlos Gimenez issued the order this afternoon expanded to Zone C.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"fitvid115765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gWVNmq7XnCk\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The expansion now covers Zone B,<\/strong>\u00a0which encompasses Brickell, Miami\u2019s downtown area and South-Dade, including parts of Cutler Bay, Florida City and Homestead.\u00a0<strong>Evacuation orders also touch Zone C, which includes parts of Coral Gables, South Miami, Miami Shores and North Miami Beach.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac1_0.jpg\" width=\"560\" height=\"673\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More than 650,000 residents are reportedly subject to the mandatory evacuation order<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 that\u2019s up from the 200,000 who were asked to leave to areas outside of evacuation Zones A and B, Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac5_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Downtown Miami is described as &#8220;a ghost town&#8221;.<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Miami looks like a Ghost Town due to Evacuation in anticipation of Hurricane Irma <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaneIrma?src=hash\">#HurricaneIrma<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Evacuation?src=hash\">#Evacuation<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Miami?src=hash\">#Miami<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/YFFxz8WY0l\">pic.twitter.com\/YFFxz8WY0l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Victoire Cogevina (@vhcogevina) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/vhcogevina\/status\/905821743721455616\">September 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As the mass exodus begins&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac2_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac8_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lines at gas stations were evident everywhere&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lines for gas in Miami  <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HurricaineIrma?src=hash\">#HurricaineIrma<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Culver\">@David_Culver<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/News4Today\">@News4Today<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/A3ZRRDiRer\">pic.twitter.com\/A3ZRRDiRer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brittany Roembach (@Broembach) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Broembach\/status\/905748287227142146\">September 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_IRMA_FLORIDA?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2017-09-07-16-43-39\">AP reports<\/a>\u00a0on resident exclaiming:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"quote_start\">\u00a0<strong>&#8220;There was no gas and it&#8217;s gridlock. People are stranded on the sides of the highway,&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>she said.<\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s 92 degrees out and little kids are out on the grass on the side of the road. No one can help them.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Irma&#8217;s eventual path and Florida&#8217;s fate depends on when and how sharp the powerful hurricane takes a right turn<\/strong>, National Weather Service Director Louis Uccellini said.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8220;It has become more likely that Irma will make landfall in southern Florida as a dangerous major hurricane,&#8221; the Hurricane Center said in a forecast discussion Thursday afternoon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The last Category 5 storm to hit Florida was Andrew in 1992.<\/strong>\u00a0Its winds topped 165 mph (265 kph), killing 65 people and inflicting $26 billion in damage. It was at the time the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac4_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>U.S. Air Force Reserve weather officer Maj. Jeremy DeHart flew through the eye of Irma at 10,000 feet Wednesday and through Hurricane Harvey just before it hit Texas last month.<\/p>\n<p>He said Irma&#8217;s intensity set it apart from other storms.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<em><strong>&#8220;Spectacular is the word that keeps coming to mind. Pictures don&#8217;t do it justice. Satellite images can&#8217;t do it justice,&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>DeHart said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac9.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/user3303\/imageroot\/2017\/09\/06\/20170907_evac9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Still unsure&#8230;Miami-Dade made it simple&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What color are you in on this map?<br \/>BE SAFE. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6eOCaZK8t0\">pic.twitter.com\/6eOCaZK8t0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Miami Dade County (@miamidadeccc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/miamidadeccc\/status\/905887818815336448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-09-07\/greatest-evacuation-history-650000-ordered-leave-florida\">http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2017-09-07\/greatest-evacuation-history-650000-ordered-leave-florida<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}