The department normally oversees a population of 54,000 full-time residents, but the number riding out the storm is difficult to estimate. While some have evacuated, predictions that the storm would hit the east coast of Florida sent droves of people to Sarasota. And the people who are out,” she said, “you address them because they shouldn’t be walking in a storm. The wind is 40 miles per hour!’ ”For the patrol officers, the impending storm has changed a few routines. I have to wonder, ‘Don’t you people realize there is a big life-threatening storm coming?’ ”— Roy Furchgott

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2017 19:53 UTC