Ahead of Helene, some in Florida flout evacuation orders: ‘Pray in the name of Jesus’
Michael Jenkins walked his Wakulla County property alongside his German shepherd, Princess, searching for items to secure in preparation for Hurricane Helene.
A former Florida Highway Patrol trooper, Jenkins has seen the congestion typical of Florida interstates amid a hurricane. To him, leaving would just mean being stuck on the road trying to evacuate from the rural communities in Florida’s Big Bend region.
“It’s going to be a disaster, it’s going to be a parking lot out there,” he said in a phone interview. “I would stay right here on my property, hunker down, put on my helmet, stare south and pray in the name of Jesus.”
The storm, which could make landfall as a Category 4 hurricane and c...
