State of emergency in Florida ahead of Hurricane Irma

by Phil Stilton
State of emergency in florida ahead of hurricane irma - photo licensed by shore news network.

Florida Governor Rick Scott (R) declared a state of emergency on Monday evening in every county in the state in preparation for Hurricane Irma, which was upgraded earlier to a Category 4 storm. Scott’s order notes that the National Hurricane Center predicts the storm will be a “major hurricane located somewhere north of Cuba and south…