Although Ernesto is currently a tropical storm, forecasters believe that it will strengthen to Hurricane force prior to coming ashore in North Carolina. We will be posting any closing we locate in the North Carolina / South Carolina as soon as possible tonight. We apologize for the delay in postings in the past day or so -- we have had intermittent issues that we are working to iron out in v0.1 of our Education Disaster Information System.
Sincerely,
Michael Viron
President & CEO
General Education Online
Lead, GEO Emergency Operations Center
1. American Institute of Massage Therapy - No updates posted since "Closed August 29th" message posted. Visit
http://www.aimt.com/ for updates.
2. Florida Keys Community College - No current information available. Continue visiting
http://www.fkcc.edu/ for updates.
3. Saint Leo University - Some campuses remain closed. Continue visiting
http://www.saintleo.edu/ for updates.
As of this update, these are the current school related closings in Florida. We will continue monitoring closing announcements, and posting them to this website throughout the next day or so.
If you know of a campus closing not on this list, please email us at
disaster@findaschool.net.
Sincerely,
Michael Viron
President & CEO
General Education Online
Lead, GEO Emergency Operations Center
Ernesto has remained a tropical storm throughout the last 24 hours, with current maximum sustained winds of 40 mph. Ernesto is currently projected to make landfall in the lower southeastern portion of Florida (very close to Miami). As of the 11:00 pm EDT advisory today, "AT 1100 PM EDT...0300Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 21.7 NORTH...LONGITUDE 77.8 WEST OR INLAND OVER CUBA ABOUT 20 MILES...30 KM...NORTH OF CAMAGUEY. THIS POSITION IS ALSO ABOUT 325 MILES...520 KM...SOUTHEAST OF KEY WEST FLORIDA AND ABOUT 320 MILES ...515 KM...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF MIAMI FLORIDA."
Further details and regular updates can be found at
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/.
We will continue monitoring this storm, and issuing updates via this website as events warrant. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us at
disaster@findaschool.net.
Sincerely,
Michael Viron
President & CEO
General Education Online
Lead, GEO Emergency Operations Center