>> WE’RE NOW LESS THAN A MONTH AWAY FROM THE START OF HURRICANE SEASON. CAN YOU
BELIEVE IT’S TIME TO START
PREPARING? AND ONE WAY TO DO
SO IS TO KNOW YOUR EVACUATION
ZONE. METEOROLOGIST DANIELLE
ULIANO JOINING US NOW IN WAYS
THAT YOU FIND YOUR ZONE.
DANIELLE.
>> YEAH, THAT IS RIGHT.
KNOWING YOUR EVACUATION ZONE
IS KEY AND HEADS UP. SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY RESIDENTS. YOU
HAVE NEW ZONES THIS YEAR. WE
SPOKE WITH THE DIRECTOR OF
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ON HOW THE COUNTY
IS PREPARING.
>> THE LAST TIME EVACUATION
ZONES WERE CHANGE IN. SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY WAS BACK IN 2013
SINCE THEN. EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT SAYS ROUGHLY 50,000
PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO SAINT
JOHNS COUNTY AND ADJUSTMENTS
NEEDED TO BE MADE. COMPARING
THE NEW EVACUATION ZONE MAP TO
THE PREVIOUS THE BIGGEST
CHANGE IS THE EXPANSION OF
ZONE. A BOTH ALONG THE
COASTLINE AND THE SAINT JOHNS
RIVER. SO PEOPLE THAT
UNDERSTAND THE EVACUATION
ORDERS.
>> ORDERED WHEN THERE’S THREAT
TO THEM. THEIR CELLS ARE LIFE
AND PROPERTY.
>> SO WE WANTED TO GET OUT OF
THE WAY OF THE STORM. THOSE IN
SAINT JOHNS COUNTY, ESPECIALLY
SAINT AUGUSTINE AREA ARE NO
STRANGER TO FLOODING IN
TROPICAL SYSTEMS THAT CAN
FLOOD BUSINESSES CLOSE ROADS
AND DO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE. THE
COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
DIRECTOR SAYS NOW IS THE TIME
TO PREPARE AND RESIDENTS NEED
TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY.
>> ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO HAVE
RECENTLY MOVED TO FLORIDA AND
HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED A
HURRICANE SEASON. LOOK AT
KIDS, THE A HURRICANE KIT.
YOUR EVACUATION KIT. WANT TO
GO TO OUR WEBSITE. ARE NEW TO
THE AREA AND THEY CAN LOOK AT
THE M.
>> A CHECKLIST. WE HAVE A LOT
OF INFORMATION ON OUR LINDSEY
MANAGEMENT WEBSITE.
>> AND IF YOU’RE NOT SURE WHAT
EVACUATION ZONE YOUR IN, WE
HAVE THE TOOLS FOR YOU ON
NEWS. 4 JAX DOT COM. YOU CAN
SEE THIS STORY. HERE IS THE
SAINT. JOHNS COUNTY RESIDENTS
HAVE A NEW EVACUATION ZONE
THIS YEAR. IF YOU SCROLL DOWN
ON THIS STORY, IT WILL SAY
KNOWING YOUR ZONE, CLICK ON
THAT. IT WILL BRING IT TO THIS
STORY. THIS IS OUR DAY TO
STORY HERE FOR KNOWING YOUR
EVACUATION ZONE. IF YOU SCROLL
ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE STORY, THERE IS A BUTTON
HERE FOR FLORIDA RESIDENTS IN
GEORGIA. RESIDENTS. IF YOU
CLICK ON THE FLORIDA RESIDENTS
TAP IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE
FLORIDA DISASTER DOT ORG
WEBSITE. YOU CLICK ON, KNOW
YOUR ZONE. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO
THIS MASK RIGHT HERE IN THE
EASIEST THING YOU CAN DO HERE
IS GO TO THE TOP LEFT CORNER
TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS. WE’VE
TYPES IN OUR ADDRESS HERE AT
THE STATION, 4 BROADCAST
PLACE. AND YOU CAN ZOOM IN TO
YOUR LOCATION AND SEE WHAT YOU
ARE IN THERE. SO AGAIN, YOU
CAN SEE HERE ALL THE RED ZONES
FOR SAINT JOHN’S COUNTY ALL
THE WAY UP A ONE, A HEADING
TOWARDS PAWNEE, BE JOIN OUR
COASTLINE. YOU CAN SEE ALL OF
THAT HERE. WHAT YOU’RE
EXPERIENCING FOR YOUR
EVACUATION ZONE. AND IT IS
IMPORTANT TO HAVE THESE
CONVERSATIONS AND KNOW THIS
BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS. IN
FACT, METEOROLOGIST MARK
COLLINS AN EYE TALKED ABOUT
SEVERAL WAYS FOR YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY TO GET PREPARED FOR
HURRICANE SEASON. YOU CAN LOOK
FOR THAT VIDEO INSIDE THE
WEATHER CHANNEL ON NEWSFOURJAX
PLUS APP WHICH YOU CAN
DOWNLOAD ON YOUR ROKU FIRE.
STICK, GOOGLE CHROME CAST OR
APPLE TV.
>> DAN? YEAH, I THINK THAT IS
A GREAT REMINDER. JUST MENTION
TO MARRY. MY PARENTS YESTERDAY
OF MOVE THE SAINT JOHNS
COUNTY. AND THEY’VE THEY’VE
NEVER LIVED IN JOHN, WHERE
THERE ARE ANY HURRICANES
NEARBY SAN FRANCISCO AREA,
RIGHT? YEAH. SO THIS IS A
REALLY IMPORTANT REMINDER TO
EDUCATE SOMEBODY TO TEACH
SOMEBODY WHO’S NEW TO THE
YEAH, YOU’VE GOT TO TAKE THE
STEPS NOW WHILE THERE AREN’T
ANY STORMS, DON’T WANT TO HAVE
TO SCRAMBLE LATER. BE PREPARED
NOW. SO YOU CAN JUST EASE INTO
IT LATER ON. IF YOU HAVE TO.
EXACTLY. IT’S GOOD TO KNOW
PEOPLE WHO HAVE JUST MOVED
INTO THE AREA BECAUSE FOR
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE LIVED
HERE A LONG TIME, IT REFRESHES
MIND OH, YEAH, WE CAN TAKE IT
FOR GRANTED RIGHT YOU KNOW,
WANT TO TAKE ANYTHING FOR
GRANTED WHEN IT COMES TO THE
SEASONS THAT WE’VE BEEN
EXPERIENCING.
>> AGAIN, IN THE LAST 6 YEARS
ALONE, WE’VE HAD SERIOUS
HURRICANES IMPACT. DOES
>>JOHN GAUGHAN: GRANTED, THE
HURRICANES DID NOT DIRECTLY
COME TO US, BUT THE IMPACTS
ARE WIDESPREAD POWER LAST FOR
WEEKS IN MANY INSTANCES,
ESPECIALLY INLAND AREAS. AND
WE HAD THE FLOODING IN THE
DOWNTOWN AREA. WE’RE TALKING
AND THAT PARTICULAR CASE,
MATTHEW TOOK OUT THE BEACHES
AND THEN WE HAD A NOR’EASTER