Orlando will also be a ghost town

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Shayne Furman, a young Quebecer in exile in Orlando, is ready to face the hurricane Irma.

Benoît Philie

Friday, September 8, 2017 18:23

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One young Quebecer in exile in Orlando, florida is ready to face the hurricane Irma who should hit his city with full force on Sunday.

“All the world is preparing for the worst, but we hope that everything will turn out for the better,” said from the outset, Shayne Furman, 19, who lives in Florida for a few years.

His roommate and him we made reservations early in the week. “Four crates of water, food, flashlights, candles… and alcohol,” he says, calmly.

Although the day is warm and calm Saturday, one senses a restlessness in the air as the clouds begin to cover the sky, says Mr Furman.

The congestion on highway 95 runs into the side streets of the area, he said, and the residents less prepared to run a grocery store in a grocery store to get food before it is too late.

“But even yesterday it was already very difficult to find bread, water, fuel, ice, and cans of non-perishable food items,” adds Quebec.

According to him, Orlando should take like a ghost town on Sunday. Schools and public buildings are closed until next week.

Several houses and shops are barricaded, especially near the edge of the sea. Employee in a moving company, Shayne Furman has also sought dozens of strands anti-hurricane to Orlando, but also more to the south, in the last few weeks.

“It was the majority of our contracts recently. People prepare in advance, ” he said. This time the storm will hit us directly… but the Floridiens have experience,” he says.