HURRICANE EVACUATION MODELING SAFETY OVER DEVELOPMENT
What’s happening
The FL DEO is updating the Hurricane Evacuation Model for the Florida Keys. Public workshops to provide additional information and receive public input started June 13 and ended June 14th. The period for the public to provide formal comments to the DEO closed June 30th.
Thousands of Keys residents are concerned, we’re already at capacity, and it’s time to stop putting lives at risk by allowing more development in the Keys.
The 24-hour hurricane evacuation mandate can be bypassed by putting more people or housing units into Phase 1 – asking them to leave at 48 hours with no option to enforce nor a guarantee of that much time to evacuate.
Write to your local government officials.
Monroe County Commissioners:
boccdis1@monroecounty-fl.gov; boccdis2@monroecounty-fl.gov; boccdis3@monroecounty-fl.gov; boccdis4@monroecounty-fl.gov; boccdis5@monroecounty-fl.gov
Key West Mayor & Commissioners:
Mayor@cityofkeywest-fl.gov; DistrictI@cityofkeywest-fl.gov; DistrictII@cityofkeywest-fl.gov; DistrictIII@cityofkeywest-fl.gov; DistrictIV@cityofkeywest-fl.gov; DistrictIV@cityofkeywest-fl.gov; DistrictVI@cityofkeywest-fl.gov
Marathon City Council:
council@ci.marathon.fl.us
Islamorada Mayor & City Council:
buddy.Pinder@islamorada.fl.us; sharon.mahoney@islamorada.fl.us; mark.Gregg@islamorada.fl.us; elizabeth.Jolin@islamorada.fl.us; henry.Rosenthal@islamorada.fl.us
Thank you for being a concerned citizen.
Your friends at LAST STAND
Video created by Landon Marshall
Last Stand works with policy makers, advocacy groups and residents in order to fulfill our mission: to promote, preserve, and protect the quality of life in the City of Key West, the Florida Keys and their environs, with particular emphasis on the natural environment.
Last Stand Needs Board Members
We are looking for part-time and full-time residents who want to participate with Last Stand board members to promote, protect and preserve the quality of life and environment of the Florida Keys. The board meets once per month at 12:30pm for 2 hours, usually the 3rd Monday of the month; please see our Calendar of Events for more details. We meet in a hybrid format with participation by Zoom or in person from the Key West branch of the Monroe County library.