Posted September 11, 2018 7:34 am by Comments

By Christen Smith

Hurricane Florence this morning as seen from Space Station. (Photo: Ricky Arnold/NASA)
As Hurricane Florence barrels toward the East Coast this week, the federal government wants gun dealers to prepare.
The  Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released an advisory Monday warning federally licensed dealers in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas to review safety plans ahead of the storm’s arrival later this week.
“While it is still too early to determine what other impacts Hurricane Florence may have, the National Hurricane Center also advises that those living in hurricane-prone areas, such as Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, ensure they have their hurricane plan in place,” the ATF said.
Florence intensified from a category one to a category four storm overnight into Monday, according to NHC, with a maximum sustained wind speed of 140 mph. Forecasters predict Florence will make landfall on the southeastern Atlantic coast sometime Thursday, bringing with it life-threatening storm surge, rip currents and flooding.
“The bottom line is that there is high confidence that Florence will be a large and extremely dangerous hurricane, regardless of its exact intensity,” NHC officials told CNN on Monday.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered mandatory evacuations in eight counties effective Tuesday at noon, according to CNN.”

Source: Guns.com

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.