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Hurricane Irene teaches local officials how to prepare

Florida safely dodged the devastating effects of Hurricane Irene.  But as WUFT-FM's Catherine Awasthi reports, Florida emergency management directors say they would have been prepared if the storm had taken a different path.

http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/PostIreneWRAP.mp3

Catherine is a reporter for WUFT News and can be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news@wuft.org.

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