TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – With another expected active hurricane season starting June 1, Florida emergency management officials are taking into account a big new factor: the coronavirus.
Division of Emergency Management Director Jared Moskowitz said last week his agency is redeveloping plans about evacuations and shelters, while also adding facemasks to the state’s stockpile of storm supplies. “We're going to have 10 million masks in reserve by the time the hurricane season starts,” Moskowitz said. “And we signed a long-term deal with Honeywell to help get us 12 million N95 masks over the next year directly from the manufacturing plant, with a significant portion of that being delivered during hurricane season.” As of Sunday, Florida had 40,596