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Article: FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD PREPARES FOR TROPICAL STORM FAY
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 18, 2008
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The National Guard issued the following news release:
By John MyattFlorida National Guard
The Florida National Guard activated about 125 Soldiers and Airmen for its planning cells and alerted other units in preparation for Tropical Storm Fay as the storm approached Cuba on Saturday.
The Joint Emergency Operations Center was activated in St. Augustine, unit planning cells were established across the state, and senior leaders were moved here to the State Emergency Operations Center as Florida Gov. Charlie Crist signed an executive order to support operations in advance of Tropical Storm Fay.
The executive order placed the Florida National Guard under control of the state coordinating officer ...