EFFECTIC DESIGNS wrote:bluefete wrote:At least 27 dead in Florida, so far, and counting.
Where you get this info from exactly? sounding like Fake News.
I posted this at the height of Hurricane Irma on Sunday, September 10th at 4:35 p.m.
I do not know why you tuners always want to know how I know certain things.
Maybe, I know the news before the news.
Now read this: It is kind of chilling to read though! And no, I am not a seer man.
Published Friday, September 15, 2017.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weathe ... story.htmlFLORIDA
At least 27 have died in Florida.
Hurricane Irma: Who were the victims?
Friday, Sept. 15.Staff and wire reports
As Irma's misery grows in scope and scale, so does its death toll. The most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the open Atlantic claimed at least 68 lives as it tore up the Caribbean and the southeastern United States.
Still more are dying in its aftermath.
The victims include eight residents of a sweltering Hollywood nursing home. Others have died in storm-related traffic accidents, fallen from ladders, or been poisoned by generators running inside homes. Still others have drowned, been electrocuted, crushed by tree limbs and crumbling buildings, or suffered fatal injuries while cleaning up debris.
Here are details about some of Irma's victims.
FLORIDA
At least 27 have died in Florida.
Eight die in sweltering Hollywood nursing home
Police have launched a criminal investigation into the deaths Wednesday of eight people in Hollywood, blamed on the stifling heat inside a nursing home, which lost power and air-conditioning Sunday during Hurricane Irma.
In question are the actions taken to protect nursing home residents from the escalating heat.
Those who died: Gail Nova, 70; Estella Hendricks, 71; Carolyn Eatherly, 78; Betty Hibbard, 84; Bobby Owens, 84; Miguel Antonio Franco, 92; Manuel Mario Medieta, 96; and Albertina Vega, 99.
Hollywood nursing home deaths: Profiles of those who died
Loxahatchee carbon monoxide death
A woman, Elaine Kotake, 66, died after being overcome by suspected carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator being used to power her home near Loxahatchee, officials said. Her name hasn’t been released.
Davie ladder fall
A 57-year-old man putting up shutters fell from a ladder at a height of about 15 feet and died Friday, Sept. 8.
It happened shortly after 10 a.m. in the 13700 block of North Garden Cove Circle. The man, whose name wasn’t released, was taken to Broward Health Medical Center and later pronounced dead.
The installer was on a ladder placing the sheet of metal on a second-story window when he lost his balance, said Capt. Dale Engle.
Florida Keys crash
Hurricane Irma: Rescuers find man dead in truck in Florida Keys
A man in the Florida Keys lost control of his truck Sept. 9, possibly because of high winds from the hurricane, and died. Authorities waited until the right moment during the bad weather to retrieve the body.
Elvin Milian, 26, Hialeah
Emergency responders from Miami-Dade County found the man ill Wednesday at his home, where a generator was running.
The county medical examiner is awaiting toxicology results before ruling on the cause of death, but authorities say carbon monoxide poisoning likely killed him.
Jan Lebron Diaz, 13; Kiara Lebron Diaz, 16; Desiree Diaz Molina, 34, Orlando
Hurricane Irma: Officials urge caution with generators after carbon-monoxide deaths, injuries
Orange County sheriff's deputies on Tuesday afternoon found the two teens and woman dead, and four others were taken to a hospital for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning.
A portable generator had been running inside the home.
Deputies said in a news release that those who died and were sickened appear to belong to the same family.
Yusdel Moreno Iglesias, 35, Collier County
A man from the Golden Gate Estates area in Collier County, Fla., was found dead in his garage Monday, a case in which carbon monoxide poisoning was suspected, a sheriff’s spokeswoman told the Naples Daily News.
Terryn Wilson, 7, Lakeland
Terryn died Wednesday from carbon-monoxide intoxication at her home, where a generator was running inside after Hurricane Irma, a medical examiner said.
Polk County sheriff's officials said her mother, Shashunda Wilson, called 911, saying she woke up feeling dizzy and her daughter appeared to be dead. They had been sleeping in the bedroom with a fan blowing.
Rescue workers found the mother sitting outside. She was taken to a Miami hospital after telling rescuers the generator was still running in the living room. They had to open windows to let the deadly gas out before retrieving the girl's body.
The mother "told detectives that she recently obtained a generator due to having lost power during Hurricane Irma, and that this was the first time she had used one, and she was not aware that it could not be in the home," the sheriff's statement said.
Freddie Bryant, 68, Largo
Bryant, preparing to evacuate his mobile home because of the approaching hurricane, died after falling and striking his head, according to the medical examiner's office.
Bill Pellan, director of investigations for the office that serves Pinellas and Pasco counties, said Bryant died Friday at a St. Petersburg hospital, a day after the accident outside his home.
Pellan said Bryant fell as he and his wife packed their car. He died as a result of complications from blunt head trauma.
The death preceded the storm but came after Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency Sept. 4.
8 die, 40 injured in Florida Keys as residents try to return to ravaged homes
Mart Daniels, 69, Port Richey
Daniels, who feared storm-related flooding and fled his home, died Sunday night after crashing his vehicle into a tree, according to the medical examiner's office.
Bill Pellan, director of investigations for the office that serves Pasco and Pinellas counties, said Daniels crashed nearby and died at the scene. The autopsy ruled the death was accidental, caused by blunt trauma.
Vincent Forest, 55, Lake Placid
Forest fell off a ladder on Saturday as he was preparing his home for Hurricane Irma. He was pronounced dead the next day at a Tampa hospital. His autopsy concluded the cause was blunt impact to his head, including skull fractures, brain bruising and internal bleeding, according to the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's office.
Forest was married and worked for the Glade and Grove Supply Co. agricultural dealership.
David Boatswain, 65, Miami
Authorities suspect Boatswain died of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator running inside his home.
A neighbor discovered Boatswain in his home Monday morning after he didn't answer his phone, Miami-Dade Police Officer Robin Pinkard said Tuesday. A medical examiner is investigating, but emergency responders said the home tested positive for carbon monoxide.
"Unfortunately in this case, the generator was run inside the house and the individual died of carbon monoxide poisoning," Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said.
Joseph Ossman, 53, Sebring; Julie Bridges, 42, Wauchula
Ossman, a sergeant with the Hardee Correctional Institute, was headed to work Sunday morning and Bridges, a Hardee County sheriff's deputy, was going home after the night shift when their vehicles collided head-on, according to a Florida Highway Patrol release.
Ossman's car ended up on a grass shoulder, while Bridges' patrol car came to a rest in a nearby intersection. It wasn't immediately clear which vehicle crossed into the oncoming lane.
Lt. Gregory Bueno confirmed the area was affected by rain and other hurricane-related conditions at the time of the crash, but its official cause remains under investigation.
Brian Buwalda, 51, Winter Park
Buwalda died Monday after apparently being electrocuted by a downed power line, police said.
Winter Park officers responded to reports of a man lying in the roadway and determined Buwalda was dead at the scene. A medical examiner will determine an official cause of death, but police say it appears to be accidental.
Map: Hurricane Irma Deaths
Heidi Zehner, 50, Orlando
Zehner was driving on a state highway near Orlando on Sunday evening, when she lost control and crashed.
Her SUV struck a guardrail. The cause of death was under investigation.
The accident came a couple hours after Irma made landfall 200 miles to the south on Marco Island.
Wilfredo Hernandez, 55, Tampa
Hernandez died when the chain saw he was using to clear trees in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma became entangled in a branch, causing it to kick up and cut his carotid artery.
Hillsborough County Sheriff's spokeswoman Cristal Nunez said in a news release that Hernandez was clearing trees in Tampa on Monday afternoon when the accident occurred.
Nunez said deputies used a harness to lower the man from the tree, but he died at the scene.
John Knight, 60, Tampa
Knight was cutting a tree branch at his home Thursday afternoon during cleanup from the storm when the branch hit him, knocking him off a ladder, a witness told the Hillsborough Sheriff's Office.
Knight fell a distance between 20 feet and 25 feet, and deputies found him on the ground, according to a statement from the sheriff's office. Hillsborough County Fire Rescue pronounced Knight dead at the scene.
