{"id":9012,"date":"2017-09-06T08:44:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/?p=9012"},"modified":"2022-01-12T12:11:07","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:11:07","slug":"orange-county-closely-monitoring-hurricane-irma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/2017\/09\/orange-county-closely-monitoring-hurricane-irma\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange County Closely Monitoring Hurricane Irma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image003-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8713\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/image003-1-259x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"160\" height=\"185\" \/><\/a>Orange County \u2013 Hurricane Irma: Update #1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orange County, Fla. \u2013 Orange County Government is encouraging residents to prepare for Hurricane Irma and continues to monitor and assess updates from the National Hurricane Center. An announcement regarding Orange County sandbag distribution will be made tomorrow afternoon. Orange County currently has 45,000 pre-filled sandbags and expects to distribute more than 70,000 to residents.<\/p>\n<p>Orange County Government remains open for business and advises residents to ready their hurricane preparedness supply kit. For storm preparedness information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocfl.net\/storm\">www.ocfl.net\/storm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Orange County has several tools that are available to residents during a tropical weather system. Download Orange County\u2019s news and information apps free on Apple and Android devices, to receive emergency management communications and to stay informed before, during and after a storm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ocfl.net\/apps\">www.ocfl.net\/apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OCFL Alert<\/strong> is an emergency notification and information smartphone app that\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 provides critical information during times of emergency. Life-saving information\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 includes open shelter locations, water and ice distribution centers, evacuation routes, public service announcements and much more<\/li>\n<li><strong>OCFL News<\/strong> provides you with breaking news about Orange County Government in\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 action. Stay informed of important information and emergency news releases through push notifications.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OCFL 311<\/strong> is a smartphone app that allows users to photograph, pinpoint and report any problem you may encounter before, during or after the storm. All of this can be done directly from your smartphone to Orange County\u2019s 311 Service Center.<\/li>\n<li><strong>OC ALERT<\/strong> is an alert system that allows Orange County Government to contact you via email or cell phone text message during an emergency affecting Orange County. Register free-of-charge for OCAlert, <a href=\"http:\/\/ocalert.net\/\">http:\/\/ocalert.net<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Orange County will also be providing updates through social media.\u00a0 Please follow us:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrangeCoFL\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrangeCoFL<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mayor_Jacobs\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mayor_Jacobs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCountyFlorida\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCountyFlorida<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCountyMayor\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/OrangeCountyMayor\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ocfl\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ocfl\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Orange County \u2013 Hurricane Irma: Update #1 Orange County, Fla. \u2013 Orange County Government is encouraging residents to prepare for Hurricane Irma and continues to monitor and assess updates from the National Hurricane Center. An announcement regarding Orange County sandbag distribution will be made tomorrow afternoon. Orange County currently has 45,000 pre-filled sandbags and expects [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[46,146,244],"class_list":["post-9012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-health-safety","tag-emergencysafety","tag-hurricane","tag-public-health-and-safety"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Orange County Closely Monitoring Hurricane Irma<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.ocfl.net\/2017\/09\/orange-county-closely-monitoring-hurricane-irma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Orange County Closely Monitoring Hurricane Irma\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Orange County \u2013 Hurricane Irma: Update #1 Orange County, Fla. \u2013 Orange County Government is encouraging residents to prepare for Hurricane Irma and continues to monitor and assess updates from the National Hurricane Center. 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