{"id":2352066,"date":"2024-10-08T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tampa-mayor-gives-harsh-warning-to-those-refusing-to-dodge-hurricane-milton-youre-going-to-die-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-08T11:42:50","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T15:42:50","slug":"tampa-mayor-gives-harsh-warning-to-those-refusing-to-dodge-hurricane-milton-youre-going-to-die-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tampa-mayor-gives-harsh-warning-to-those-refusing-to-dodge-hurricane-milton-youre-going-to-die-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa mayor gives harsh warning to those refusing to dodge Hurricane Milton: \u2018You\u2019re going to die\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftampa-mayor-gives-harsh-warning-to-those-refusing-to-dodge-hurricane-milton-youre-going-to-die-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2352066&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Tampa \u2062Mayor Jane Castor has \u2063issued a \u2062dire warning to \u200dresidents in evacuation zones\u2064 ahead of Hurricane Milton,\u2063 which is poised to strike\u2062 the\u200c region with \u2062devastating storm surges. She emphasized\u200d the life-threatening danger posed\u2062 by potential surges of 10 to\u200d 12 feet, stating unequivocally, \u2064\u201cIf you choose to stay in one\u2062 of those evacuation areas, you\u2062 are going to \u200bdie.\u201d This Category 4 hurricane, which may \u200dbe upgraded \u200cto Category 5, presents\u200c an unprecedented\u200b risk to the area, particularly since Tampa has not experienced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fully-vaccinated-oscar-de-la-hoya-hospitalized-with-covid-19-withdraws-from-comeback-fight\/\" title=\"Fully Vaccinated Oscar De La Hoya Hospitalized With COVID-19, Withdraws From Comeback Fight\">direct hit<\/a> from a hurricane in over a century. Castor and other officials, including\u2063 Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, are urging\u2062 residents \u200bto evacuate, highlighting the lack of preparation in local infrastructure to withstand such severe conditions. The mayor\u200d reminded residents that despite her extensive ties to Tampa and experience with storms, Hurricane\u200d Milton would bring catastrophic consequences that the community has never faced before.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tampa mayor gives harsh warning to those refusing to dodge Hurricane Milton: &lsquo;You&rsquo;re going to die&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1778869\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Mayor Jane Castor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tampa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Tampa, Florida,<\/a> dealt out a stern warning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>residents<\/a> living in evacuation areas who refuse to leave as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3180278\/hurricane-milton-could-bring-economic-hit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hurricane Milton&rsquo;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-green-fraud-and-the-climate-lockdown\/\" title=\"GRAHAM: \u2018Green Fraud\u2019 And The Climate Lockdown\">storm surge<\/a> likely has the capacity to kill.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Milton is classified as a Category 4 storm that could be upgraded to Category 5 at some point.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I can say without any dramatization whatsoever: If you choose to stay in one of those evacuation areas, you are going to die,&rdquo; Castor, a Democrat elected in 2019, said.<\/p>\n<p>The mayor noted she has &ldquo;never said that&rdquo; but that the 10- to 12-foot storm surges could place Pinellas County, to the south of Tampa, underwater. A storm surge occurs due to rising water resulting from incoming hurricanes and other low-pressure storm systems.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is something that I have never seen in my life, and I can tell you that anyone who was born and raised in the Tampa Bay area has never seen anything like this before,&rdquo; Castor noted. &ldquo;People need to get out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), who represents Pinellas County, acknowledged that residents in her congressional district will die if they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t leave an evacuation zone.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She is correct,&rdquo; Luna <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realannapaulina\/status\/1843514307990241310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X. &ldquo;If you do not evacuate, you will lose your life. Please leave if you are in an evac zone.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Castor has had lifelong connections to the Tampa area, going to high school and college there while also serving with the city&rsquo;s police department for 31 years. She took the position of police chief for six years before running to become Tampa&rsquo;s mayor.<\/p>\n<p>But despite her long connections to the area, as she noted, she has never seen a storm like this. Hurricane Helene, which devastated those in North Carolina but spared Florida by comparison, was a &ldquo;wake-up call&rdquo; but that Milton is going to be &ldquo;catastrophic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While Florida as a whole is accustomed to handling hurricanes battering the coasts, Tampa, on the western side of the state, hasn&rsquo;t been in the direct line of fire of a hurricane in more than 100 years. As a result, the region&rsquo;s building codes and regulations are not as weather-resistant as other parts of the state, which could make the damage to the region even worse. <\/p>\n<p>Hurricanes don&rsquo;t regularly track to run over Tampa, but residents are familiar with their threats &mdash; both from watching other parts of the state getting washed away and by seeing storms encroaching on their own backyards. In 2012, the Republican National Convention, which was being held in Tampa, was delayed as Hurricane Isaac threatened the city. <\/p>\n<p>Evacuation zones A and B, which are the closest areas to the coast and the ones noted by Castor, include Tampa International Airport, MacDill Air Force Base, and significant chunks of downtown Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has approved a state of emergency in Florida as the state awaits Milton.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just approved an emergency declaration from the State of Florida and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-half-of-texas-wind-turbines-frozen-in-winter-storm-limiting-states-power-output\/\" title=\"Nearly Half Of Texas\u2019 Wind Turbines Frozen In Winter Storm Limiting State\u2019s Power Output\">ordered federal assistance<\/a> to supplement response efforts that may arise due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hurricane-fiona-leaves-all-of-puerto-rico-without-electricity\/\" title=\"Hurricane Fiona Leaves All Of Puerto Rico Without Electricity\">emergency conditions resulting<\/a> from Hurricane Milton,&rdquo; Biden posted on X. &ldquo;We expect this storm to again make landfall in western Florida and are working quickly to preposition federal response personnel and assets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twelve people died in Pinellas County, which largely shields Tampa from the Gulf of Mexico, when Hurricane Helene&rsquo;s 8-foot storm surge hit the area. Most of them were warned to evacuate the area but chose not to.<\/p>\n<p>And Milton, which is now aimed at Pinellas County and Tampa, is projected to be worse than Helene. Castor&rsquo;s warning serves as a stern reminder to residents who choose not to evacuate again: They could be less lucky this time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1778869\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1778869\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tampa mayor warns residents: &#8216;Stay and you will die&#8217; as Hurricane Milton approaches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2352067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milton.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[42483,35975,5762,42562],"class_list":["post-2352066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-hurricane-milton","tag-public-safety","tag-tampa","tag-weather-warning"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Milton.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2352066"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2352066\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2352067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2352066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2352066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2352066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}