Governor Deal Declares State Of Emergency For South Georgia Counties
Governor Nathan Deal has declared a State of Emergency for much of South Georgia in advance of Tropical Storm Hermine:
“Georgia is expected to receive severe weather related to Tropical Storm Hermine through Saturday,” Deal said. “We are working to ensure counties in south, central and coastal Georgia have access to the state resources necessary to prepare and respond when Tropical Storm Hermine enters Georgia. Our Emergency Operations Command will continue closely monitoring this storm and additional counties may be included in this declaration as needed.”
The declaration includes the following counties: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glynn, Grady, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, McIntosh, Mitchell, Montgomery, Pierce, Richmond, Screven, Seminole, Tattnall, Telfair, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox and Worth counties.
I’m sure many will give a slight eye roll and move on with their day. Remember this please: Hurricanes get a lot of attention because of destructive winds. It was tropical storm Alberto that devastated much of central and south Georgia in 1994 because of flooding rains. The other danger of a tropical system is that the destabilized air can spawn tornadoes without warning.
Thus, remain alert, avoid travel over rain soaked roads where possible, and be ready to help out a fellow Georgian in need.
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Deal and the tourist bureaus disagree. Weather reports have been fairly consistent but just a few hours ago the tourist spokesman for Savannah was on TV advising all things were on go, come on over. We cancelled. Waiting until a few hours before an event to cancel can’t sit too well with folks on the road.
In the movie Jaws, the tourist bureau didn’t want the beach closed for the holiday weekend either. But the shark sure was glad the beaches were open.
They closed/canceled or delayed activities in Chatham County for Friday starting last night. Some events already moved inside on Wednesday (like the Craft Beerfest). All football games move to Saturday if possible. No major events for Saturday have been canceled or adjusted.
Georgia ports to close operations ahead of storm
Savannah, Ga. – Sept. 1, 2016 – The Georgia Ports Authority continues to monitor Tropical Storm Hermine. As a result of the severe weather, the GPA will close its facilities in both Savannah and Brunswick Friday, Sept. 2.
Closed facilities include Garden City Terminal and Ocean Terminal in Savannah; and the Colonel’s Island Bulk Facility and Mayor’s Point Terminal in Brunswick. The GPA may resume field operations as early as Friday evening. Normal gate operations will resume at Garden City Terminal from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, at Gate 4 only.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has declared a state of emergency for 56 counties, including Glynn and Chatham counties, where Georgia’s deepwater ports are located. The U.S. Coast Guard will restrict vessel arrival and departure starting at 10 p.m. tonight.
“Out of an abundance of caution, and for the safety of our employees, local residents, customers and service providers, we are closing our facilities until the storm has passed,” said GPA Executive Director Griff Lynch. “The GPA would like to thank our port users, stakeholders and employees for their continued support.”
Find print-quality images of port operations here. Georgia’s deepwater ports and inland barge terminals support more than 369,000 jobs throughout the state annually and contribute $20.4 billion in income, $84.1 billion in revenue and $2.3 billion in state and local taxes to Georgia’s economy. The Port of Savannah handled 8.2 percent of the U.S. containerized cargo volume and 10.3 percent of all U.S. containerized exports in CY2015.
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WEATHER ALERT: Georgia Southern’s Statesboro Campus & Coastal Georgia Center in SAV are closed Friday, Sept. 2, & all classes are canceled.