As Hurricane Matthew Approached, a City Manager in Florida Took to Facebook

Route Fifty: The queries people posted on the Satellite Beach city manager’s Facebook page were motley as Hurricane Matthew hurtled toward the barrier island community on Florida’s Atlantic coast.

“What about parrots? Can we bring our parrots?” one person wrote Thursday, asking about storm shelter accommodations. “Checking now...stand by,” City Manager Courtney Barker replied within minutes. Just under an hour later, she followed up: “Yes, you can bring parrots.”

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