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September 01, 2008

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Ga. first responders prepare for Hanna

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By Stacy Shelton
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

 

The Georgia Emergency Management Agency is preparing a hurricane battle plan on two fronts.

As thousands of evacuees stream into Georgia from the west, fleeing Hurricane Gustav, emergency responders are also looking east, tracking Hurricane Hanna as it gathers steam near the Bahamas and heads toward Savannah and Hilton Head.

Hanna, which was upgraded to a hurricane Monday afternoon, is expected to make landfall by Thursday or Friday.

By Tuesday, GEMA expects to be in full activation mode for what could be the first direct hit by a hurricane on the Georgia coast in more than a century. That means making decisions about whether and when to evacuate, executing traffic control plans, and readying shelters, food and water for evacuees.

In the meantime, GEMA asked Georgia residents to stock a disaster supply kit that includes enough water and food to last three days, a battery-powered or hand crank radio and a flashlight with extra batteries. For more information on what to include in the kit, you can click here.

GEMA spokeswoman Kandice Eldon said “We don’t want people to take for granted that help can come immediately … Do what you need to do to make sure your home is safe and your family is going to be protected.”

The evacuees fleeing Hurricane Gustav arrived in Georgia on their own. Kentucky and Tennessee accepted government-assisted evacuees who fled on public buses, trains and airplanes.

“Those are the two states that stepped up to the plate and said ‘we can help,’” said Ginger Edwards, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Regional Response Coordination Center in DeKalb County.

The Georgia State Patrol was monitoring traffic flowing into the state, GEMA’s Eldon said. “So far, so good,” she said.

More than 300 evacuees were in shelters as of Monday afternoon, Eldon said. Most of those had filled up the Gold Dust Recreation Center, a dimly lit gymnasium in Villa Rica, which is off I-20 west of Douglasville.

Copyright 2008 The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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