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the government of Florida and other States along the Atlantic coast of the country, face the daunting reality and are forced to revise nearly all aspects of its preparedness for storms, said CNN. Hurricane season coincided in 2020 with disastrous for US citizens and its economy coronavirus pandemic, which drains the state’s resources, forcing the authorities to redirect budget funds to fight COVID-19. The situation is complicated by the fact that in many temporary shelters and centers because of the possible large number of people can not properly be observed that the rules of social distancing. In addition, some shelters were turned into centers of anti-COVID-19, fatal disease, which in America shows no signs of slowing down.

According to Frank Rollason, Director of the Department of emergency situations of the County of Miami-Dade, the biggest challenge facing the authorities will be what will be released when the evacuation order, people would prefer not to leave their homes because of the threat of possible contamination COVID-19 and the threat of looting. “They think it would be better to be home than in a group of people, among whom may be carriers of the coronavirus. If they were ordered to evacuate, they will be safer to stay in the evacuation center than in your house within range of the hurricane” – said the official.

this year, authorities in several States, realizing that a pandemic brings a serious problem, took the decision to prepare a larger number of shelters, creating more space and have developed other measures to calm the evacuees. Those who will arrive in centres during the evacuation will measure the temperature, these persons will also have to answer questions about whether they had contact with someone who have the coronavirus, or whether they had symptoms of the disease. Some of the evacuees will be placed in schools or hotels with a small number of places. Florida officials agreed with the school administration that classes are subject to regular handling and they delivered the furniture to ensure social distancing.

Another unusual arrangement is that families that have experienced infection by the coronavirus, will be separated from others and “placed in the class as a whole”. Also in special isolated places will be the elderly and older people, to separate them from the main mass of citizens, said Jared Moskowitz, Director of the Department of Florida for emergency situations. He added that the government can mitigate the effects of the pandemic, but they are powerless in the face of attempts to “mitigate the impacts of natural disasters”. For those who will take shelter in temporary centres, cots will be it is possible further from each other, and all premises will be posts for hand disinfection. All residents will be invited take-away meals in a single dish, they recommended not to bring food with you.

the fear of the authorities, especially in small coastal towns, is the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for citizens who will be evacuated. Moskowitz said that the government of Florida has created special reserves for hurricane season by buying PPE and placing them in reserve in the warehouse. The aim is that the hurricane season was at hand 10 million masks, said the official.