- The Wakulla County Board of County Commissioners issued a countywide mandatory evacuation for citizens and visitors by no later than 8 a.m. on Thursday, September 26, 2024.
- Neighbors in the Shell Point neighborhood say they’re planning to leave ahead of the potential Hurricane Helene.
- Watch the video above to see why they’re leaving now despite staying for previous storms.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
A mandatory evacuation order is now in place for all of Wakulla County. The time to prepare for Helene is now. I’m Kenzie Krueger in Shell Point where many neighbors who live on the water are packing up and leaving the area.
“I met my husband Jim and he said he had paradise in the middle of the forest on the beach so I said I’ve got to see it.” When Stephanie Parks moved to Shell Point 25 years ago she instantly fell in love with it. “So we came down here and leased it for a year and stayed, never never left.”
Years after her husband passed, she’s still here by herself. She’s lived through multiple storms. “I just feel like I’d be better off here than somewhere else it can happen anywhere, but this time I might not stay.”