Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach signed a “Declaration of Local Emergency” this afternoon, “triggering the local emergency operations plan and allowing the Mayor to restrict travel and loitering to protect the public and their property,” a City spokesperson says.
The Declaration also authorizes the Mayor to request assistance from the County Chairman and Governor, “if needed to supplement local efforts to save lives and protect property, public health and safety, or to avert or lessen the threat of a disaster.”
“While the Declaration allows the Mayor or his designee to set curfews and impose re-entry restrictions on certain areas, that authority has not been exercised at this time,” the spokesperson says.
This article appears in Oct 5-11, 2016.
If we are in a state of emergency, then why hasn’t the City opened Casey Canal and turned Bacon Park Golf Course into the lake it was designed to be in such emergencies? The streets are already flooded and the river has breached in several places. The only way to relieve the pressure on the river is to open the canal…