Evacuations have been ordered in Florida’s Big Bend ahead of Hurricane Helen’s landfall — but some residents have refused to vacate.
Florida authorities are asking residents refusing to evacuate from the path of the deadly Hurricane Helene to ink personal information on their arms and legs in case their bodies need to be identified after the Category 4 storm passes.
“If you or someone you know chose not to evacuate, PLEASE write your, Name, birthday and important information on your arm or leg in A PERMANENT MARKER so that you can be identified and family notified,” the Taylor County Sheriff’s Office wrote on its Facebook page ahead of Helene’s landfall Thursday.
Taylor County sits square in the path of the storm’s projected landfall on Florida’s Big Bend, where the panhandle meets the peninsula.
The hurricane is due to land early Thursday night — bringing with it what experts have called a possibly “unsurvivable” storm surge of up to 20 feet.
