Butler County emergency team witnesses Hurricane Michael’s destruction

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Because Haverkos has been otherwise occupied, the agency’s planning and operations manager shared with Butler County commissioners on Monday what the team has been doing.

“This record-setting hurricane has taxed both local and federal resources in response and recovery to the communities affected. Ten different agencies from across the area sent key personnel on a two-week mission to the hardest hit areas in Panama City and Mexico Beach,” Jim Bolen of the EMA told commissioners. “From ground zero, the Butler County team is providing mission critical support in mass care, mass feeding and mass shelter.”