{"id":49000,"date":"2024-08-21T20:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=49000"},"modified":"2024-08-21T20:29:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T00:29:27","slug":"polk-county-releases-documentary-to-commemorate-2004-hurricane-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/08\/21\/polk-county-releases-documentary-to-commemorate-2004-hurricane-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Polk County Releases Documentary to Commemorate 2004 Hurricane Season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Polk County\u2019s Communications and Emergency Management divisions have released a 30-minute documentary commemorating the 2004 hurricane season and the county\u2019s role in guiding Central Florida through it. The video can be viewed at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sFrSIrxHurU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sFrSIrxHurU<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polk-county.tv\/CablecastPublicSite\/show\/4093?site=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.polk-county.tv\/CablecastPublicSite\/show\/4093?site=1<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n        \n        <div class=\"embedpress-gutenberg-wrapper source-provider-be aligncenter ep-clear   ep-content-protection-disabled inline\" id=\"bee1d8b5-ee0d-4a7f-a9db-b2bb57811269\" data-embed-type=\"be \">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper \">\n                <div id=\"ep-gutenberg-content-7142e9dc249bf17cf0b712ba0ca72503\" class=\"ep-gutenberg-content\">\n                    <div >\n                        <div class=\"ep-embed-content-wraper preset-default insta-grid ep-google-photos-carousel\"\n                            style=\"max-width:600px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\"                                                                                                                >\n\n                            <div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-3037341e8f55b54faa04fea79e609a91 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:340px; max-height:340px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"&quot;2004 TRIFECTA&quot; Polk County E.O.C. Hurricane Documentary 20th Anniversary\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sFrSIrxHurU?feature=oembed&#038;color=red&#038;rel=1&#038;controls=2&#038;start=true&#038;end=true&#038;fs=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;modestbranding=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"Polk County Releases Documentary to Commemorate 2004 Hurricane Season\"><\/iframe><\/div>                        <\/div>\n\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPolk County is the only county in the United States that has been hit by the eye of a hurricane three separate times in one season,\u201d said Paul Womble, director of Polk County\u2019s Emergency Management Division.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Womble worked for Manatee County\u2019s Emergency Management Division in 2004 and he traveled to Polk County to assist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Womble said, \u201cWhen Hurricane Charley hit, David Cash, the Emergency Management director in Polk County at the time, came on the line. I\u2019ve known David forever and I could tell it was not a good day in Polk County.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hurricanes Charley, Frances, and Jeanne struck Polk County in 2004. According to the National Hurricane Center, the storms, which featured 150-mile-per-hour winds and relentless flooding, resulted in 17 deaths and $29.8 billion in damages across Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PGTV-produced documentary features interviews with people who were involved in the county\u2019s emergency management efforts, such as Womble, Polk County Commissioner Neil Combee, and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. It examines the challenges Polk County faced and the lessons learned that Polk County implements today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI want people to understand how many state, local, and federal agencies are involved in hurricane response,\u201d said Cash, emphasizing the team aspect of emergency response. \u201cEmergency Management coordinates everything, but the Communications Division put out all the announcements, the code inspectors had to go for weeks to look at buildings being brought up to code, and the Finance Division worked on Hurricane Charley for six or seven years. I could go on and on. Forty or 50 agencies were involved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polk County\u2019s Communications and Emergency Management divisions have released a 30-minute documentary commemorating the 2004 hurricane season and the county\u2019s role in guiding Central Florida through it. 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