PRE-COVID
CURRENT
1 person/20 sq. ft.
1 person/60 sq. ft.
~4.5 ft.
~7.75 ft.
2 people/20 sq. ft.
4 people/60 sq. ft.
MIAMI-DADE
To maintain social distancing, the Red Cross recommends 60 square feet for each person, or a space roughly 8 x 8 feet.
6 ft
~7.75 ft
Before COVID-19, 20 square feet per person, or roughly 4.5 x 4.5 feet, was the recommendation.
~4.5 ft
But in Florida, official state estimates show there isn’t enough capacity to give everyone the recommended space in a “worst-case” storm season.
In Miami-Dade County, Florida’s most populous county, three or four people would have to share 60 square feet of space in this scenario.
6 ft
6 ft
In Lee County, 15 or 16 people would have to share 60 square feet.
And across the entire state of Florida, on average two or three people would be sharing 60 square feet.
6 ft
To maintain social distancing, the Red Cross recommends 60 square feet for each person, or a space roughly 8 x 8 feet.
6 ft
~7.75 ft
Before COVID-19, 20 square feet per person, or roughly 4.5 x 4.5 feet, was the recommendation.
~4.5 ft
But in Florida, official state estimates show there isn’t enough capacity to give everyone the recommended space in a “worst-case” storm season.
In Miami-Dade County, Florida’s most populous county, three or four people would have to share 60 square feet of space in this scenario.
6 ft
In Lee County, 15 or 16 people would have to share 60 square feet.
6 ft
And across the entire state of Florida, on average two or three people would be sharing 60 square feet.
6 ft