Attached is a portion of an article by Scott Wyman in today's Sun Sentinel- warning people that Broward County will not be giving away free ice in the event of a hurricane.
If a hurricane hits, don't expect Broward County to provide free ice.Emergency management administrators want residents to look to grocery chains rather than government to meet their ice needs during any major outage. They are promoting a program in which hurricane-ready decals identify supermarkets and gas stations that plan to use backup generators to be open for business.Widespread ice distribution has been a problem-plagued task. Officials had trouble quickly distributing ice after Hurricane Wilma in 2005 and then were stuck with $2 million in unused ice the next year because no hurricane hit.The county plans to instead focus attention on higher priorities that include helping those with medical needs. Those who need ice for medical reasons would receive it.
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