Monday, November 28th, 2005 — According to Chip Patterson, chief of the Jacksonville’s Emergency Preparedness Division, Jacksonville, Florida residents should begin to prepare now for the 2006 hurricane season. Patterson said there is always a possibility of being hit and historically Jacksonville has been impacted by hurricanes for more than 100 years. Patterson gave the crowd an idea of what Downtown Jacksonville would look like if a Category 3 storm hit the First Coast. He said there would be storm surge from the rising tide and there would be 8 feet of water in the Landing, according to computer models