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Sarasota County installs color-coded storm-surge poles on Siesta Key to illustrate flood risk
Summary
Sarasota County Emergency Management installed three color-coded poles at popular beaches to show potential storm-surge heights tied to National Hurricane Center colors and urged residents to follow evacuation orders and sign up for alerts at scgov.net/beprepared.
Sandra Tapfimenet, chief of emergency management for Sarasota County, unveiled three color-coded storm-surge indicator poles at Siesta Beach and said companion poles have been placed at North Jetty Beach and Manasota Key Beach to help residents visualize potential flood depths.
Tapfimenet said the poles use the same coloring as the National Hurricane Center's storm-surge maps. "If it's 0 to 3 feet above ground, it'll be…
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