Gov. Deal Declares State of Emergency for 92 Georgia Counties
Based on the latest forecast for Hurricane Michael and acting on a recommendation from Georgia Emergency Management and Homeland Security Agency (GEMA/HS) officials, Gov. Nathan Deal today issued an emergency declaration for 92 Georgia counties. The emergency declaration is effective for seven days and makes all state resources available to local governments and entities within the impacted area of the hurricane.
“The state is mobilizing all available resources to ensure public safety ahead of Hurricane Michael,” said Deal. “In light of the storm’s forecasted track, I encourage Georgians in the affected counties to be prepared and remain vigilant. We will continue to monitor Hurricane Michael’s path and GEMA/HS is leading our preparedness efforts. We are also working with federal, state and local officials to provide public shelter and accommodate those evacuating from other states. I ask all Georgians to join me in praying for the safety of our people and all those in the path of Hurricane Michael.”
The 92 counties under emergency declaration are: Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Baldwin, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Bleckley, Brantley, Brooks, Bryan, Bulloch, Burke, Calhoun, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clinch, Coffee, Colquitt, Cook, Crawford, Crisp, Decatur, Dodge, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Glynn, Grady, Hancock, Houston, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Jones, Lanier, Laurens, Lee, Liberty, Long, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, McIntosh, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery, Muscogee, Peach, Pierce, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Richmond, Schley, Screven, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Tattnall, Taylor, Telfair, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Toombs, Treutlen, Turner, Twiggs, Upson, Ware, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, Wilcox, Wilkinson and Worth counties.
For more information on hurricane preparedness, visit the GEMA/HS website here.
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From Weather Underground Category 6 blog:
“We also have high confidence that Michael will be accelerating through the Southeast U.S. from late Wednesday into Thursday, with a somewhat more gradual weakening than usual. This means that Michael will affect more of the Southeast at a higher intensity than a slower-moving storm would.
The increase in forward motion also means that a very small change in direction could add up to a big difference in where Michael moves offshore on Friday. The European model has Michael close to the Carolina coast and moving offshore from the Outer Banks, whereas the GFS has a track about 50 – 100 miles further inland that takes Michael offshore near Norfolk, Virginia. The NHC forecast roughly splits the difference, with Michael heading offshore near the northern Outer Banks on Friday as a 50-mph tropical storm. Michael could gain some strength back over the Atlantic as it races northeastward, quickly transitioning into a post-tropical cyclone.”
https://www.wunderground.com/cat6/Michael-Near-Category-3-Strength-it-Heads-Towards-Florida
We need the rain here in east central Georgia (moderate drought in a large section of east Georgia) , but we do not need the high winds it will probably bring.