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Banned in Florida
David Clark Scott
A hurricane is spinning up in the Gulf of Mexico. Preparations at Florida鈥檚 Santa Rosa County Sheriff鈥檚 Office include the following:
鈥� Time off canceled for all personnel. Check.
鈥� Backup generator fueled up. Check.
鈥� Trespass warning issued to Jim Cantore. Check.
That鈥檚 right, The Weather Channel meteorologist is so synonymous with hurricanes that this sheriff鈥檚 office is covering all its bases.
Mr. Cantore has made a career of leaning into buffeting winds, whipped by rain, and shouting about the conditions. He didn鈥檛 invent the storm stand-up, but arguably he鈥檚 taken it to new levels.
The Cantore trespass warning is a joke. But the storm isn鈥檛.
Hurricane Michael is intensifying in the Gulf and is forecast to hit Florida鈥檚 Panhandle as a Category 3 storm Wednesday evening. Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for 35 Florida counties and encouraged evacuations. Due to the pending storm, Tuesday鈥檚 voter registration deadline was extended by a day.
No word yet on where Cantore is headed.
But whatever storms may threaten, there鈥檚 wisdom in preparing like the Santa Rosa County Sheriff's Office 鈥� with a sense of humor.
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