Lines form at shelter as Irma nears; 75K total taking refuge
ESTERO, Fla. (AP) " With Hurricane Irma taking aim at Florida's southwestern coast, thousands of desperate and frustrated people waited in line for hours Saturday to get inside a shelter " a minor league hockey arena " in hopes of avoiding the storm's wrath.Dogs barked and children cried in a line that wrapped halfway around the 8,400-seat Germain Arena before snaking through the parking lot. Ambulance sirens drowned out the chatter as medics assisted people overcome by the 84-degree [...]
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