ContactRelief Hurricane Irma Recommendations For Contact Centers

ContactRelief recommends additional contact suspensions for Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina.

Monday, 11 September 2017 07:00:00 -05:00

ContactRelief is making public its Hurricane Irma recommendations made to subscribers Monday, September 11th.

Hurricane Irma Update

The National Hurricane Center reports in its Monday, 8 AM advisory that Hurricane Irma is now a Category 1 storm and further weakening is expected through Tuesday.

A map of the U.S. shows the forecasted track of Hurricane Irma.
Hurricane Irma 5-Day Forecasted Track (courtesy NHC)

Irma has a very large wind field. Tropical storm warnings have been issued for parts of Alabama and South Carolina and much or central and northern Georgia. ContactRelief is recommending that contact be suspended in these areas. We expect these tropical storm warnings to be lifted Tuesday, September 12.

A map of the U.S. shows the wind speed probabilities of 50 knot winds 48 hours from 2 AM, Monday, September 11, 2017.
Probabilty of 50 knot winds 48 hours from 2 AM PM EDT, Monday, September 11 (courtesy NHC)

Recommendations

Contact should be suspended to these Alabama counties: Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Crenshaw, Elmore, Etowah, Montgomery, Randolph, St. Clair, Talladega, Tallapoosa.

Contact should be suspended to these Georgia counties: Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Clarke, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dade, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fannin, Fayette, Floyd, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilmer, Glascock, Gordon, Greene, Gwinnett, Hall, Hancock, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jackson, Jasper, Lumpkin, Madison, McDuffie, Morgan, Murray, Newton, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Putnam, Rockdale, Spalding, Taliaferro, Towns, Union, Walker, Walton, Warren, White, Whitfield, Wilkes.

Contact should be suspended to these South Carolina counties: Allendale, Dorchester, Hampton.

A previous recommendation to suspend contact remains in force for Alabama counties: Barbour, Bullock, Chambers, Coffee, Covington, Dale, Escambia, Geneva, Henry, Houston, Lee, Macon, Pike, Russell.

A previous recommendation to suspend contact remains in force for Florida counties: Alachua, Bay, Bradford, Brevard, Broward, Calhoun, Charlotte, Citrus, Clay, Collier, Columbia, DeSoto, Dixie, Duval, Escambia, Flagler, Franklin, Gadsden, Gilchrist, Glades, Gulf, Hamilton, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Holmes, Indian River, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Leon, Levy, Liberty, Manatee, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, NewBaker, Okaloosa, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Palm Beach, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Putnam, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Seminole, St. Johns, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee, Taylor, Union, Volusia, Walton.

A previous recommendation to suspend contact remains in force for Georgia counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crawford, Crisp, Davis, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glynn, Grady, Harris, Hill, Houston, Irwin, Jeff, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lamar, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, McIntosh, Meriwether, Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscogee, Peach, Pierce, Pike, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Troup, Turner, Twiggs, Upson, Ware, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson, Worth.

A previous recommendation to suspend contact remains in force for South Carolina counties: Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Jasper.

ContactRelief's On-going Response to Hurricane Irma

For a limited time, ContactRelief is providing our full recommendations without charge as a service to the business community. Our full recommendations consist of the areas to be suspended and the list of zip codes covering these areas. Contact sales@contactrelief.com for more information.

Weather alerts, emergencies, and breaking news are monitored around the clock. The Disaster Decision Engine applies your rules to help you decide when to take action for your consumers. Your recommendations are sent to your contact centers and partners with ZIP Code granularity.