By Kevin Robinson
PNJ
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan warned county officials that there would be “severe consequences” if they moved forward with a $2.7 million plan to repair the basement of the county jail Central Booking and Detention facility after a devastating flood two years ago.
The jail’s basement was heavily damaged in a flood on June 9, 2012 knocking out power, air conditioning, water, computer and phone systems.
In a letter dated Nov. 12, 2012, Morgan wrote to then acting county administrator Larry Newsom and the County Commission saying that restoring the basement to its “pre-flood” condition, without adding safeguards against flooding, could leave the building vulnerable to the same “severe consequences” it had previously suffered.
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