Emergency shelters for Isaac

[lazin&drinkin]

Walton County Shelters and Capacity
Updated September, 2011
Current for TS Isaac


SHELTER
ADDRESS
CAPACITY CURRENT
STATUS

The third or fourth line of each of the following gives capacities and current status. Shelters will likely open Mon afternoon.

Freeport High School
12615 US 331 Business, Freeport, Fl 32439
2,630 CLOSED

Northwest Florida State Collage, Bldg 2
908 US Hwy 90W, Defuniak Springs, Fl 32433
401 CLOSED

Paxton High School
21893 US Hwy 331N, Paxton, Fl, 32567
485 CLOSED

Mossy Head Elementary School 13270, Highway 90 West
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
1,484 CLOSED
Walton High School 449 Walton Road
DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
1,588 CLOSED

South Walton High School
Due to location, this shelter will most likely be used as host shelter. 645 Greenway Trail
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
1,751 CLOSED

Special Needs Shelter
Freeport High School
12615 US 331 Business, Freeport, Fl 32439
80 CLOSED


Freeport High School is the designated Special Needs Shelter.
Residents requiring special needs shelter should contact Emergency Management at 892-8065 to register.

Emergency Management Contacts

EM Director, Major Joe Preston Wk#: 850-892-8065
jpreston@waltonso.org

Asst. EM Director, Chief Russell Beaty Wk#:850-892-8065
rbeaty@waltonso.org

Lieutenant of Communications, Lt. Keith Chamblee Wk#: 850-892-8065
kchamblee@waltonso.org

EM Coordinator, Al Ford Wk#: 850-892-8065
aford@waltonso.org

EM Planner, Valerie Angel Wk#: 850-892-8065
vangel@waltonso.org

Citizen Hotlines: 892-8394 & 892-8392

Citizen hotlines will be activated and staffed during an emergency for citizens to call and get updated information.

 

[happydays32]

great editorial in this weeks walton sun on misinformation on possible highway 331 bridge closure and other unfounded scary situations by the walton emergency operations center killing one of the busiest tourist periods of the concluding 2012 summer season. like it or not folks those out of town dollars keeps this place going.

 

[Independent Thinker]

They where doing there job based on the best information they had available. If they had done nothing and the storm had hit here people would be complaining about that. Sounds like they are in a no win situation. As far as the tourist keeping this place going, I purchased here before this was a big tourist destination, it was a much more beautiful and tranquil place to be then. Things were great without all the businesses that depend solely on tourist dollars to survive.

 

[Andy A]

It is ludicrous for so many who know nothing about emergency planning and response to be so critical. In emergencies you should always err on the side of safety and have a flexible plan. The key word here is flexible. If you have doubts about this, all you have to do is look at New Orleans and Katrina. No plan, no leadership and no communication. A disaster within a disaster.

 

[30adreamers]

As a transplant from tornado alley in Missouri, I applaud the actions from the agencies that did what they needed to keep not only tourists safe but residents also!

 

[Teresa]

The local Emergency Operations Center followed their plan as they should. Do not forget that we were dead center in the cone for a while before the storm started to turn west. The EOC was planning for worst case scenario - and their regular reports were meant to provide us information that MAY take place should the storm continue in its original path.

Kills me that folks are unhappy with the TDC for promoting tourism (their mission) then they are unhappy when the tourists don't show up because of a near miss storm. I count us lucky in all respects. We should be grateful.