1998-08-25 EMx Exhibits
PROCLAMATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY
IN NEW HANOVER COUNTY
Pursuant to County Ordinance Article II Section 6.7-16 and Chapter 166A of the General
Statutes and Article 36A Chapter 14 of the North Catolina General Statutes, I have determined
that a State of Emergency as defined in the New Hanover County Ordinance Section 7.5 exists
in the County of New Hanover
I, therefore, proclaim the existence of a State of Emergency in the County of New
Hanover
I hereby order all county law enforcement officers and county employees and all other
emergency management personnel subject to my control to cooperate in the enforcement and
implementation of the provisions of the county emergency ordinances which are set forth
below
A voluntary evacuation has been ordered to begin at 11.00 a.m. on Tuesday August 25,
1998 for the beach communities and adjacent low lying coastal areas. A mandatory evacuation
is ordered to begin at 5.00 p.m. and completed by 11.00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25,1998.
Evacuation shelters will be opened at Bellamy Elementary School and Noble Middle
School at 5.00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 1998 with no mass feeding this evening.
All civilians and emergency management personnel are ordered to comply with the
emergency reaction plan.
This proclamation shall become effective immediately Proclaimed this the 25th day of
August, 1998, at 9:00 a.m.
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William A. Caster, Chairman
Board of County Commissioners
Attest.
L cie F Harrell, Clerk to the Board