Hurricane Andrew - Aug. 23 - WPLG
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[0:00] and some cars that seem off the wall but
[0:03] uh that's to be expected okay thanks
[0:06] very much officer Glenn Scott from Dade
[0:07] County Corrections answering the phone
[0:09] here at rumor control hotline there has
[0:11] been no mandatory evacuation ordered yet
[0:13] as Kate Hale the director of the office
[0:16] of emergency management told us just a
[0:18] little while ago
[0:21] [Music]
[0:23] hundreds of calls are coming into the
[0:25] rumor control hotline a half dozen
[0:27] County workers are taking calls from
[0:28] people concerned mostly about where the
[0:30] storm is and when it will hit they also
[0:33] want to know if they'll need to evacuate
[0:35] their homes right now no evacuation
[0:37] order is in effect but if that order
[0:39] does come down you'll need to plan to
[0:41] evacuate if you live in the area marked
[0:44] in red it's all of Miami Beach Surfside
[0:46] all the Barrier Islands everything east
[0:48] of the intercoastal in a category two or
[0:51] three those in the red and yellow zones
[0:54] would need to evacuate that's generally
[0:56] everything east of U.S one and in a
[0:59] category four and five storm all
[1:01] residents in red yellow and blue would
[1:04] need to head to Safe ground that
[1:06] includes a big area of residents south
[1:08] of 200th Street West of US-1
[1:11] okay now County Manager Joaquin Avenue
[1:13] will be here at the office of emergency
[1:15] management uh at six o'clock in the
[1:17] morning he and his staff will have to
[1:19] decide if and when an evacuation order
[1:21] will come down and at this point
[1:23] certainly that does appear likely those
[1:25] who would need to move should that come
[1:27] down generally speaking residents along
[1:29] the coast on the Barr