Tropical Storm Isaias heading towards Florida
UPDATE: FAC reached out to each county for hurricane procedures and you can find those responses HERE
News stations in South Florida are beginning to report on Tropical Storm Isaias, which could hit our state as soon as Saturday. We hope none of our members or loved ones will be impacted by the storm but the threat of a potential storm serves as a reminder that it’s hurricane season and you need to solidify your emergency preparedness well in advance, especially in light of COVID-19.
In the past, many counties have directed people on the registry to Jails to shelter during the storm. While that’s horrible on several levels, this year it is also wrong because jails are amplifiers of infectious diseases because social distancing is impossible and there is extremely limited access to personal protective equipment and sanitizing materials.
As we have encouraged in prior years, if you are on probation, contact your probation officer and ask whether you can stay at the home of a friend or relative in the event you are forced to evacuate or are homeless. If you are not on probation, you should contact the registration office in your County (the same place you go to re-register) and ask what arrangements are being made for those on the registry in the event of a natural disaster, especially in light of COVID.
If you are unsure of the contact information for your County registration office, or your plan involves evacuating to another county, you can find the appropriate contact information here: https://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/Documents/REREGISTRATIONLOCATIONS.pdf
It is important to remember that if you plan to evacuate your residence for three or more days, you will have an obligation to register, IN PERSON, wherever you are staying as a temporary residence within 48 hours before evacuating. You should also ensure that your expected evacuation location does not run afoul of any sex offender residency restrictions (SORRs) or you could expose yourself to arrest for simply being there.
We hope this storm passes, but please don’t wait until the last minute to plan.
UPDATE: FAC reached out to each county for hurricane procedures and you can find those responses HERE
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With regard to my previous comment, here is the Conundrum:
Constitutionally, there are 2 schools of thoughts on this:
Strict Construction of the US Constitution and what is known as the Living Constitution
While to fully understand the aforementioned and to make a profound statement, one would have to conduct a complete analyses of the Historical Foundation of Both (which takes a lot of time and money unless pawned off to a bunch of Astute Law School Students who could conduct these analyses in full gratis; with Grant Monies of course!)
However, there is one SCOTUS Case that can lend US all a Hand:
Trop v. Dulles 356 U.S. 86; 78 S.Ct 590; while it is an 8th Amendment Case from 1958, it sheds light on what the legal school of thought processes should be…
“T]he words of the [Eighth] Amendment are not precise, and that their scope is not static. The Amendment must draw its meaning from the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society.”
The Framers of Our U.S. Constitution always embraced what James Madison, one of the architects, has said….
“I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution. And if that is not the guide in expounding it, there may be no security for a consistent and stable, more than for a faithful exercise of its powers. If the meaning of the text be sought in the changeable meaning of the words composing it, it is evident that the shape and attributes of the Government must partake of the changes to which the words and phrases of all living languages are constantly subject. What a metamorphosis would be produced in the code of law if all its ancient phraseology were to be taken in its modern sense.”
Remembering our History can actually assist Us in Our Fight for Freedom!
-Everyone, Stay Safe and Healthy!