PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A flood of 911 calls hit emergency operators in Florida’s Panhandle as Hurricane Michael roared ashore. The News Herald reviewed over 200 calls for help made in Bay County during the peak of the storm on Oct. 10. The calls recorded the destruction witnessed by those who did not evacuate their homes: power poles snapping and sending live wires into trees and houses. The operators initially explain there were no burglaries, just a Category 4 hurricane making landfall. When those calls became too numerous, the operators began immediately disconnecting them to move on to other emergencies.

Source: National Post December 30, 2018 18:09 UTC