Florida Sheriff Warned People Who Rejected Helene Evacuation Order to Write Name 'on Arm or Leg' So Their Bodies Could Be Identified

A sign displays a hurricane warning along a roadside as preparations are made for the arrival of Hurricane Helene, in Cedar Key, Florida on September 25, 2024. Thousands of residents on Wednesday began evacuating parts of coastal Florida as the US state braces for Hurricane Helene, forecast to barrel ashore as a powerful, potentially deadly storm. (Credit: Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images)

A Florida sheriff asked residents who rejected Hurricane Helene evacuation orders to write their name on an "arm or leg" so that their bodies could later be identified.

In a post to Facebook, the Taylor County Sheriff's Office instructed residents staying behind for the hurricane to write any important information, such as names and birthdays, on "your arm or leg in a PERMANENT MARKER so that you can be identified and family notified."