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2CFridav. Auaust 11, 1995 Tallahassee Democrat Locau Florida NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER CRIME 'anhandle advisory was slow in coming, officials BRIEFS In the past, Francis has been the target of criticism for sloppy record keeping. Man robbed, beaten after accepting ride A 31-year-old local man was beaten, shot at and robbed Wednesday night after accepting a ride with another man shortly after 8:30 p.m., authorities said. The victim told police he was walking on Jackson Bluff Road when a man pulled along beside him and offered him a ride. The victim accepted and the two men drove away.

The suspect drove to the intersection of Miles and Mills streets, stopped the car, and took a gun from the trunk. The victim told authorities the man beat him in the head with the gun, causing several cuts to his head and face. The attacker rifled through the victim's pockets, taking his wallet, an undisclosed amount of cash and clothing. When he fled, the gunman fired several shots toward the victim without striking him. The victim was treated for his injuries and released.

The suspect was described as a black male, 24 to 25 years old, 5 feet five inches tall, 170 pounds, with a light complexion and clean-shaven face. He was last seen wearing a black T-shirt and blue jeans and was driving a red Ford Mustang. WORTH NOTING Urban League offers workshop The Tallahassee Urban League is offering a workshop on banking basics and money management from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug.

26 at 923 Old Bainbridge Road. This three-hour, free work shop will teach you how to set up a budget, establish a savings account and a good credit record, and read and understand your credit report Call 222-6111 for reservations. LOTTERY Six big winners in Fantasy 5 The Florida Lottery Department on Thursday released the following information on payoffs in its "Fantasy 5" game. The game produced six first-prize winners Wednesday night and each can collect $55,099.65. In addition to the first-place winners, 1,362 people won $40 for picking four of five, and 32,986 people won $5 for picking three of five.

The winning numbers for Wednesday night were 20-21-22-17-7. Powerball jackpot rolls to $10 million There was no grand-prize winner in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, which means the jackpot rolls to $10 million, Rebecca Paul, president and CEO of the Georgia Lottery Corp. announced Thursday. The winning numbers drawn were 16-22-23-29-33 and the Powerball number was 10. Three players won $5,000 for matching four numbers plus the Powerball.

A total of 33,543 Georgia Powerball players won cash prizes totaling $132,659 in Wednesday's drawing. Because there was no grand-prize winner, the estimated $5 million jackpot rolls over to the next drawing, which will be at 11 p.m. Saturday. Democrat staff reports JERRY KOVACHThe Associated Press Panhandle residents complain that they weren't adequately warned that Hurricane Erin's destructive force could turn on them. Residents of the western Panhandle probably weren 't given sufficient warning of Hurricane Erin's destination, the National Hurricane Center says.

By Linda Kleindienst and Maya Bell FORT LAUDERDALE SUN-SENTINEL National Hurricane Center officials have acknowledged that a key advisory about the direction of Hurricane Erin may have lulled Pensacola residents into a false sense of security. When Panhandle residents went to sleep the night of Aug. 2, they were led to believe Erin was heading west toward Gulfport, although the Panhandle was under a hurricane warning. Not until 2 a.m. Aug.

3 eight hours before Erin blasted the coast with 95 mph winds and gusts of more than 100 mph was the extreme western Panhandle mentioned as a possible landfall site. Hurricane Center officials said they had wanted to heighten awareness in Mississippi, which was on the extreme western edge of the hurricane-warning area In doing so, they failed to keep Pensa-cola's attention. "If we had to do it over again, I suppose we would have chosen our words more carefully and tried to turn up our anxiety for (Pensacola and Alabama)," Jerry Jarrell, the Hurricane Center's deputy director, said in Miami. "We may well have sent an unconscious signal (to Pensacola) that, 'Yes, you're in the warning, but we think it's going to go on out We didn't think that We were concerned about both." Communication efforts could have been smoother State and federal agencies also agreed on Wednesday that evacuation -efforts could have been much quicker and smoother if they had communicated Gov. Lawton Chiles called both sides together in to assess how well they warned Northwest Florida residents about Erin's assault last week.

"It was an opportunity to find better ways we can work together," said Chiles, who does not have jurisdiction over the Hurricane Center, a federal agency. "We discussed the storm and some ways that it tricked us and how we can get an early warning out to people." Both sides came out of the meeting agreeing that they could have done a better job communicating Felix slowly Forecasters are expecting Felix to turn north at some point. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI Tropical Storm Felix crept toward hurricane strength Thursday as it crossed the Atlantic with 70 mph winds on a track expected to avoid Caribbean islands and head north of Puerto Rico. "It's in a position where you would need to watch it carefully," said National Hurricane Center with each other and issuing an earli er alert to the western Panhandle. They planned an "exchange program" to better understand each others' needs in a hurricane emergency.

Dr. Robert Burpee, the newly ap pointed director of the National Hur ricane Center, defended the timing of his office's landfall predictions. Af ter the meeting with Chiles, howev er, Burpee said he was more aware of. the pressures facing state and county emergency officials. "I think we did a rather good job," Burpee said.

"Our forecast errors were much smaller than normal. There may have been some minor things we could do better. After our discussion here today, I think we'll be able to do even better in the future." Later this year, state emergency officials will travel to the Hurricane Center in Miami to better learn about its forecasting operation, and the center will send emissaries to Tallahassee to learn about the lead time needed by state and county emergency officials to conduct a safe evacuation. The governor can urge evacuations, but only the counties can order mandatory evacuations. Erin was increasingly difficult to predict Residents of Florida's east coast were given notice to prepare for Erin early last week.

But the storm's path became harder to predict after it crossed Central Florida and head ed into the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. On the morning of Aug. 2, the National Hurricane Center showed the storm heading toward Apalach- ee Bay in the eastern Panhandle. State meteorologist Mike Rucker im mediately raised a caution flag, sug gesting that weather conditions could push the storm farther west "(The hurricane center) had it on a track toward Apalachee Bay, A Life Recovery Center director arrested The controversial director of A Life Recovery Center was arrested Thursday after an argument with one of her co-workers. Anne Francis now faces charges of false imprisonment, battery and resisting arrest following a Thursday-morning dispute with a co-worker who told police she locked him in the center and refused to let him leave.

The co-worker, whose name was unavailable Thursday night, told authorities that he and Francis had been arguing at about 10 a.m. when she told him to get out, according to Tallahassee Police Lt Emily Melvin. The coworker originally said no, but then changed his mind and tried to leave when Francis changed her mind and ordered him to stay. When he refused, Francis closed the center door and locked him inside, Melvin said. The co-worker's hand was caught in the door when Francis closed it, prompting the battery charge.

The employee was eventually released by a Tallahassee police officer called by Francis, who was not arrested at the time. Later that afternoon, Tallahassee Police Officer Delonna Hartley interviewed the co-worker and several witnesses before arresting Francis at about 6 p.m. Francis is the founder of the center, on South Gadsden Street It has received financial support from federal, state and local governments, as well as private sources. It offers treatment for drug and alcohol abusers and their families. Reported Aug.

10. NORTHWEST I Robbery: None reported. I Residences: Tharpe Street, 700 block: lawn mower. I Vehicle Burglary: Monroe Street, 2600 block: purse, wallet, pager, jewelry. I Vehicle Theft: None reported.

I Commercial: Tharpe Street, 800 block: weed trimmer, leaf blower. NORTHEAST I Robbery: None reported. I Residences: Jenette Street, 2100 block: beverages. I Vehicle Burglary: Killearn Center Boulevard, 2300 block: portable phone. Thomasville Road, 2000 block: checkbook, wallet.

Vehicle Theft None reported. Commercial: None reported. SOUTHEAST Robbery: None reported. Residences: Broome Street, 1400 block: jewelry. Call Street, 500 block: lawn mower.

WHY IS AN BV Over 120 Protecting and 25 of the U.L listed No 3rd ft 1 V. r- IKl I jr Ni no 'lm ZvT''sL 1 admit and I wasn't comfortable with that," Rucker said. "It would have had to take too sharp a turn (north) to hit there." Rucker began pushing for a hurricane warning to be issued for the western Panhandle coastline. The warning finally came by midafter-noon, after state Emergency Management Director Joe Myers made a direct telephone appeal to Burpee. "We responded when Joe called us," Burpee said, adding that the warning was issued even though the storm had not yet returned to hurricane strength.

Evacuation order came too late for some Once the warning was issued, coastal counties made the decision to evacuate, but Rucker said the state had lost precious hours. Only 30 to 40 percent of the residents complied with the evacuation order. "In hindsight, there were a lot of complaints from the Panhandle people about this hurricane charging at them," Rucker said. "The governor thought the evacuation went poor to fair. "When there is a shortness of time, like we had with this storm, we're trying to train Dr.

Burpee on what we do. He is a research scientist and he admits his experience in communicating is very low." Also hindering the state was a series of Hurricane Center advisories issued later on Aug. 2, pointing to Mississippi as the most likely target Starting at 7 p.m and continuing through the next three advisories at 9, 10 and midnight the forecaster on duty wrote: "Erin is moving toward the west-northwest near 17 miles per hour. On this track Erin will move near and parallel to the coast of the Florida Panhandle tonight and inland across the Mississippi or southeast Louisiana coast on Thursday morning." hurricane tered near 18.3 north latitude and 51.7 west longitude, or about 650 miles east of the Leeward Islands in the eastern Caribbean. It was moving west-northwest near 20 mph.

No matter what, forecasters know they're dealing with an Atlantic hurricane season that is much busier than normal. Seven storms have formed less than 2y2 months into the six-month season, and "that's unusual," De-Maria said. The peak for storm activity is Sept. 9 or 10. bama and Mississippi for a three-state total of $375 million.

Those numbers are from the Property Claim Services, a division of the American Insurance Services Group an industry group. Earlier, the Insurance Information Institute had issued a nearly identical estimate for Florida of $360 million. In addition to insured losses, state officials have estimated $23 million in public expenses and damages and $5 million in uninsured private losses. Florida already has been promised up to $5 million under an earlier presidential emergency declaration for debris removal and protective measures such as police and evacuation expenses in 19 counties. Services covered by the individual assistance program include food stamps, business-repair loans, home-repair loans and grants and unemployment compensation.

mm THE CRIME REPORT Vehicle Burglary: Boyd Lane, 7300 block: stereo, speakers. Kings Drive, 1300 block: CB radio. Old Plank Road: fire extinguisher, ignition switch. Vehicle Theft None reported. Commercial: None reported.

SOUTHWEST Robbery: Mills and Miles streets: wallet money, clothing, medication. Palm Beach Street, 500 ADT HOME SECURITY SYSTEM ME: East of Meridian RoadMonroe north of Tennessee St.Mahan Dr. NW: North of Tennessee west of jj Monroe St Meridian Road. -J- SW: South of Tennessee MA west of Monroe St. Woodville Highway.

SE: South of Mahan Drive; east of Monroe VLc, St.Woodville Highway. iq 'pensacola bt j-" TROPICAL STORM FELIX Years experience over 1 million customers million people, including 493 Fortune 500 for RESIDENTIAL services party financing agreements block: money. I Residences: Holton Street, 2500 block: CDs, vacuum cleaner, air conditioner. 1 I Vehicle Burglary: Pepper Drive, 1300 block: saw, drill. Railroad Avenue, 800 block: damage to window.

Roy Lane, 1600 block: money bag, motor parts. Vehicle Theft Ridge Road, 800 block: 1986 Chevrolet S-10 pickup. Commercial: None reported. From police and sheriff's department reports BETTER THAN THE OTHERS? 6 month money back customer satisfaction guarantee Background and drug checks for all employees The BEST VALUE in Home Security 9951 EF 100 COOS' 1 000 ADT IPCUOGEZS? DISASTER: Florida officials hope to get federal aid for Santa Rosa County becoming a meteorologist Mark DeMaria "It'll make its move probably in a day or two." Forecasters expect Felix to shift north at some point but don't know whether that will be deep in the Atlantic or close to the U.S. mainland.

A high-pressure system over the ocean is keeping it primarily on a western path. If the high weakens, Felix could shift direction far offshore, DeMaria said. But a slight deflection also is possible. At 5 p.m. EDT, Felix was cen "I feel we'll be able to get Santa Rosa added on.

That's our No. 1 priority right now," said Florida Emergency Management Director Joe Myers. The number of destroyed and damaged homes in the qualifying counties are 191 with 74 percent uninsured in Brevard, 173 with 13 percent uninsured in Escambia and 149 with 34 percent uninsured in Okaloosa "We dont pay when insurance pays and if it's a second home we don't pay," Goodman said. State and insurance industry officials have estimated total Florida damages of about $380 million. The insurance industry Thursday issued a new estimate of $350 million in insured property damage in Florida and $25 million in Ala truce: load sale? HOW ABOUT THIS? Retail Our Prices iW" Twin Set 0M Full Set lM JW8" Queen Set 4M King Set I OQM From 1C "This declaration will ease the way to make sure that the federal government, in cooperation with the state, can provide assistance to people as quickly as possible," Gov.

Lawton Chiles said. Santa Rosa County, which sustained some of the heaviest dam age, was not included in declaration for aid to individuals, families and businesses. Survey teams found no homes destroyed and only five with major or minor damage only one of them uninsured in Santa Rosa, said FEMA spokesman Moorie Goodman in Washington. That was insufficient damage to qualify for aid to individuals, but he noted such declarations usually are expanded based on new information as it becomes available. I Vi.l lit.

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