Told To Evacuate Ahead Of Irma, Ga. Coastal Residents Face Decision

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September 8th, 2017

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From: Russ Bynum <[email protected]>
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2017 at 4:24 PM
To: Mike Stewart <[email protected]>, PHO – State Photo Center Technical Staff <[email protected]>
Subject: Photos for Irma-Southeast if needed

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SAVANNAH, Ga. _ Dennis Jones, director of the Chatham County Emergency Management Agency, speaks during a news conference Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, announcing evacuation plans for Hurricane Irma. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal ordered mandatory evacuations for coastal Georgia’s nearly 540,000 residents beginning Saturday morning. Forecasts had Irma’s center near the Georgia-Florida state line Monday.

At lunch on Tybee Island, Becky and Mike Gerald discuss their plan Thursday to ride out Hurricane Irma. Gov. Nathan Deal ordered mandatory evacuations for all of Georgia’s six coastal counties.

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Georgia’s governor is still urging nearly 540,000 residents of the state’s coast to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Irma, even as forecasts show the storm’s center could enter the state far inland after churning up the Florida peninsula.

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Gov. Nathan Deal told a news conference Friday he’s not expanding his evacuation order affecting Georgia’s six coastal counties.

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