The FEMA regional headquarters in Atlanta was at a level three monitoring Isaac on Friday.
The FEMA team inside the offices on Chamblee Tucker Road is busy staying in constant contact with the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center.
Officials here also are continuing to coordinate with local officials in Florida and other emergency management teams in the southeast.
Supplies already in place at the Jacksonville staging area include bottled water, cots and blankets.
FEMA urges Floridians and other Gulf Coast residents to continue to monitor conditions.
Metro Atlanta American Red Cross employee Ruben Brown is one of hundreds of Red Cross employees and volunteers already in Florida.
He said on Thursday that a caravan of nearly two dozen emergency response units were deployed to the sunshine state with dozens more on standby.
The Red Cross is also there identifying facilities that can be used as shelters if necessary.
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Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma.
Local families are taking a serious look at storm shelters in the aftermath of Monday's deadly tornado in Oklahoma. Those shelters could mean the difference between life and death when faced with one of these powerful storms.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
A federal court has struck down Fayette County's at-large method of electing members to certain county offices, saying the method was a violation of the Voting Rights Act.
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian.
Two Clark Atlanta University students who call themselves brothers despite being from opposite sides of the world have graduated as valedictorian and salutatorian.
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