St Johns County Emergency Management reported to Historic City News that you and your family will better cope during this year’s hurricane season, June 1- November 30, by preparing for disaster before it strikes.

One way to be prepared is by assembling a Disaster Supply Kit. Once disaster strikes, it is too late to shop or search for supplies.

At the next regular meeting of the St. Augustine City Commission, Fire Chief Carlos Aviles will announce that the St. Augustine Fire Department has achieved the designation of ISO-Class 1; a long-term goal of the department.  The attainment of the Class 1 rating has been a goal of the St. Augustine Fire Department for some time. In 2002 the classification was raised from a 4 to a 3, then in 2013 it went from 3 to 2.

When 36-year-old Sarah Kelly Nuss spoke on the phone with her father, it was Sunday at 4:00 p.m., and it would be the last time she would speak to him while he was alive.  Historic City News learned that on the morning of Monday, September 3rd, Sarah could not reach him on the phone, so, she responded to his apartment to check on him.