ROCKPORT, Texas – Hours before Hurricane Harvey was scheduled to make landfall Patrick Rios, Mayor Pro Tem of Rockport, urged residents to evacuate the area one last time and had a set of grim instructions for those who chose to stay.
"We’re suggesting if people are going to stay here, mark their arm with a Sharpie pen with their name and Social Security number," Rios said Friday morning. "We hate to talk about things like that. It's not something we like to do but it’s the reality, people don’t listen."
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By Friday evening, forecasters announced Hurricane Harvey had intensified to a category 4 hurricane with wind speeds of 130 mph.
Harvey continues to intensify according to @NHC_Atlantic and is now a category 4 #hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph. pic.twitter.com/Tuy0oq7Iqp
— National Weather Service (@NWS) August 25, 2017
Forecasters predict the hurricane will be "life threatening." According to the Associated Press, catastrophic impacts will occur where Harvey makes landfall and structural damage will occur to sturdy buildings -- some with complete roof and wall failures.
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