Florida sheriff says that if you have an outstanding warrant and show up at a Hurricane Irma shelter, 'we'll gladly escort you to the safe and secure shelter called the Polk County Jail'
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A Florida county sheriff in the path of the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic offered a stark warning for anyone thinking about going to a local shelter: If there's a warrant out for your arrest, you could wait out the hurricane in jail.
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