People standing in line for breakfast in the disaster shelter at Riverview High School in Sarasota, Fla., on Sunday in advance of Hurricane Irma. Evacuation orders on the west came later than they had along Florida’s East Coast. In the Florida Keys, Monroe County officials announced mandatory evacuations on Tuesday and in Miami-Dade County, they began Wednesday for special needs residents. Collier County, on Florida’s southwest coast, ordered additional evacuations Saturday as officials scrambled to find space in jammed shelters. But when Irma started to take aim at the West Coast of the state on Thursday, Mr. Fernandez kicked his preparations into high gear.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 10, 2017 22:41 UTC