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Florida governor’s cellphone may have hindered hurricane response

By ​Terry Spencer, Kelli Kennedy and Adriana Gomez Licon

Terry Spencer, Kelli Kennedy and Adriana Gomez Licon, reporters, Florida, for tracking down nursing home staff who had been told to call the governor’s personal cell phone in hurricane-related emergencies, possibly slowing the overall response. http://bit.ly/2DMp4UJ

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By The Associated Press

JAN. 19, 2018

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