Florida officials are not mincing words ahead of Hurricane Milton — the Category 5 storm that is predicted to make landfall near Tampa Bay on Wednesday — and they’ve warned residents who refuse mandatory evacuation orders to take steps to make sure that their bodies can be identified if the worst should happen.
A number of counties have imposed mandatory evacuation orders and Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has already declared a State of Emergency for 51 counties throughout the state — many of which are still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene less than two weeks earlier.
Still, there are always some residents who either can’t or won’t leave their homes — and officials like Attorney General Ashley Moody have warned those remaining behind that they could die in the storm, and to write their names, phone numbers, or relatives’ names on their bodies in permanent…
