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Isaac: Escambia Update
August 29, 2012
Here is the latest Isaac related information specific to Escambia County:
Escambia County Information
- The Escambia County Emergency Operations Center will close today at 7 a.m. today.
- The Citizen Information Center (CIC), (850) 471-6600, will close at 7 a.m.
- The County remains under a tropical storm warning and tornado watch until 7 a.m. this morning.
- Road Closures – The following roads have been closed due to flooding:
o County Road 399 (J. Earle Bowden Way), from the National Seashore gate to Navarre
o Fort Pickens Road
o Baublits Road at the intersection of Kalash
- All bridges in Escambia County are open.
- If you approach a traffic signal that is out, please treat the intersection as a four-way stop. If the lights are blinking red, stop and yield right-of-way.
- Both Pensacola Beach and Perdido Key have experienced beach erosion due to the storm. County officials will be evaluating the level of damage beginning Thursday.
- As of 5:15 a.m., Gulf Power is reporting 221 customers in Escambia County are without power.
- All Escambia County offices, including the Tax Collector, Property Appraiser, Supervisor of Elections and First Judicial Court Operations – including those at Blanchard, Bruno and COB buildings – will be open today.
- Escambia County Public Schools will be closed today due to the uncertainty of the weather conditions and the safety of the school buses. Schools will reopen on Thursday.
- The University of West Florida and Pensacola State College will be closed today.
- The City of Pensacola will resume normal operations today. This includes the Port of Pensacola and Pensacola International Airport.
- Escambia County Area Transit will resume normal service today.
- Perdido Landfill and Palafox Transfer station will be open normal business hours today.
- ECUA will resume residential and commercial sanitation collection service today.
o Residential routes originally scheduled for yesterday will be collected on today.
o Wednesday collections will be made on Thursday, August 30.
o Thursday collections will be made on Friday, August 31.
o Friday collections will be made on Saturday, September 1.
o Commercial sanitation routes originally scheduled for yesterday will be collected on today.
o The normal commercial collection schedule will resume throughout the remainder of the week.
- City of Pensacola sanitation will resume collections today.
o Routes normally scheduled for yesterday will be collected today.
o Normal routes will be run on Thursday and Friday.
Weather Conditions
- Inclement weather could continue throughout the day today with high winds and heavy rain possible.
· There is a high risk of dangerous rip currents along the beaches of Escambia County. Please follow flag colors. A red flag means the water is closed to swimmers. Double red means the water is closed to everyone.
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