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Local State Of Emergency Declared
August 23, 2008
Escambia County has declared a local state of emergency in advance of Tropical Storm Fay.
The Escambia County Commission made the declaration in an emergency meeting this morning at the Escambia County Emergency Operations Center. The declaration allows the county to make preparations in advance of and during the storm, and issue local declarations as needed. The declaration also served to partially activate the county’s Emergency Operations Center. That may be upgraded to a full activation of the EOC later today.
The county has not opened any shelters or ordered any evacuations at this time. The primary threat from Fay, the county says, will be coastal, lowland and river flooding.
NorthEscambia.com will continue to keep you updated on Fay throughout the weekend.
If your business, church, organization or other group has a closure or schedule change due to the storm, email news@northescambia.com so we can pass that information along.
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