Pre- Hurricane Irma - Palmetto Bay Police / Public Services teaming up to clear streets Tornado Watch announced

I am proud of Team Palmetto Bay. They were hard at work trying to keep our streets passable in the early stages of the storm - for any last-minute evacuees as well as for our first responders.  The efforts were called off at approximately 12:30 PM due to announcement of a Tornado Watch.

Despite the fact that Hurricane Irma hours away from South Florida; the National Weather Service issued a tornado watch in nine counties: Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, as well as Charlotte, Collier, Glades, Hendry, Lee and mainland Monroe. Residents remaining in the watch area should watch for tornadoes until midnight.

Tornadoes are a common result of the whirling winds hurricanes bring ashore.

Team Palmetto Bay is now off the road due to the tornado watch - but our policing unit remains safely deployed throughout the Village keeping us safe.  

We have no single position specialists in Palmetto Bay - we are "Government lite" and benefit from a team of dedicated, cross trained, multiple talent, team members.  I was pleased to be out of the house, from behind the shutters and working off the built up energy clearing the roads with MDPD/Village Police Commander, Major Serralta, Village Manager Ed Silva and public works, helping to clear the roads.