With no car to join the bumper-to-bumper traffic heading north and no supplies other than water, their options, like those of many low-income Florida residents, were limited. "I have been calling 311 to get information about shelters that are available and no one answers the phone," Hernandez said. The scramble to flee from the path of Irma has been a much different experience for those in different income brackets. About a mile away in Fort Lauderdale, 18-year-old Jayvontay John was asking strangers for information about which shelters might be open. ___HURRICANE NEWSLETTER - Get the best of the AP's all-formats reporting on Irma and Harvey in your inbox: http://apne.ws/ahYQGtb

Source: Fox News September 09, 2017 18:45 UTC