随着飓风伊萨亚斯在周四向墨西哥湾沿岸逼近，密西西比州、阿拉巴马州和佛罗里达州的居民利用平静的灰色天气为今年的第一场飓风做准备。登陆可能最早在周五，但预测仍有不确定性。伊萨亚斯在周三迅速从热带风暴升级为飓风，峰值强度尚不明确。
‘Battening Down the Hatches’ as Hurricane Isaias Approaches Gulf Coast Residents are making careful choices about whether to leave their homes or stock up and stay. As Hurricane Isaias churned toward the Gulf Coast on Thursday, residents of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida took advantage of the calm, gray weather to stock up for their first hurricane of the year. Landfall could come as soon as Friday, but forecasts have left some room for uncertainty. Isaias intensified quickly on Wednesday, changing from a tropical storm to a hurricane, and it remains unclear what the peak intensity will be.
气象专家表示，风暴可能在密西西比州比洛克西、阿拉巴马州莫比尔或佛罗里达州彭萨科拉以东的任何地点登陆。尽管该地区在飓风准备方面有数十年的经验，但本季异常平静。
Forecasters said the storm could make landfall anywhere from Biloxi, Miss., to Mobile, Ala., to east of Pensacola, Fla. While the region has decades of practice in hurricane preparation, this season has been uncommonly quiet.
伊萨亚斯预计将成为今年首个登陆墨西哥湾的飓风，也是自2024年米尔顿以来首个登陆美国本土的飓风。佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯在25个县宣布紧急状态。
Isaias is expected to not only be the first hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast this year, but also the first to come ashore in the mainland United States since Milton in 2024. In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis declared emergencies in 25 counties.
参议员里克·斯科特警告居民周四是准备的关键日，敦促他们储备食物和水。
Senator Rick Scott warned residents that Thursday was the day to prepare, urging them to stock up on food and water.
该州西北部的多个县，包括贝县、富兰克林县、埃斯坎比亚县和奥卡卢萨县，对部分低洼地区发布了强制撤离令。
Several of the state’s northwestern counties, including Bay, Franklin, Escambia and Okaloosa, issued mandatory evacuations for some of their low-lying areas.
彭萨科拉居民约翰·多诺万说：“很难预测，因为每次查看预测时情况都会变化。”
“It’s kind of hard to anticipate it, because it changes every time you look at the projections,” John Donovan, a Pensacola resident, said of the storm.
36岁的多诺万计划留在镇上，尽管他的海洋帆布和软垫业务将在周五关闭，飓风百叶窗将帮助保持其完整。
Mr. Donovan, 36, plans to stay in town, he said, though his marine canvas and upholstery business will close on Friday, with hurricane shutters to help keep it intact.
在彭萨科拉的硬币经销商Emerald Coast Coins，店经理斯蒂芬妮·多森表示，周四业务几乎停滞，尽管仍有少数人前来出售旧硬币和贵金属，以在风暴来临前换取现金。
At Emerald Coast Coins, a coin dealer in Pensacola, business slowed to a trickle on Thursday, said Stephanie Dodson, a manager at the shop — though she added that a few people were still stopping by to sell their old coins and precious metals to get some cash before the storm.