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Macon County Emergency Management Issues Update on IRMA

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Macon County Emergency Management has sent out a press release on IRMA. Macon MEdia has converted the scanned image into a searchable document. Errors in transcription are the fault of Macon Media.

Press Release
For Immediate Release
Macon County Emergency Management
104 East Main Street
Franklin, NC 28734
September 8, 2017

Warren Cabe. Director

Macon County Emergency Management continues to closely monitor the track of Hurricane Irma. While updated models show a predicted track of lrma tracking more to the west of the Carolinas. confidence remains moderate to high that some parts of Western North Carolina will still see some impact from Irrna, However. confidence remains low as to what these impacts will be Strong to damaging wind gusts could result in downed trees and power lines causing travel disruptions and power outages across the area. Total rainfall amounts of 3″ — 6″ may lead to flash flooding and rapid inundation of low lying areas The effects of Hurricane Irma may be felt in our area as early as midday Monday. September 11‘”.

•Residents should take steps as described below to be prepared not just for this event but for future weather events that might affect our area:
•Residents should pay close attention to weather forecast in the coming days.

•Pay particular attention to flood prone areas and be prepared to evacuate if flooding impacts our region,
•Check disaster supplies, including such items as non-perishable food and water supplies,
•Remember to keep necessary medication prescriptions filled.
•Be prepared for power outages and loss of other utility services
•Additional preparedness information can be found at wwaeadygov.

Helpful links:
a Duke Energy
0 text OUT to 57801 to report an outage
o enroll at www.duke-energy,com/OutageAIerts or text REG to 57801 to:
•Receive outage alerts and notifications
•Restoration times and updates
•Outage causes
•Notification when power is restored

- CodeRED — to enroll at cell phone for Macon County’s Community Notification System
0 www.maconnc.org
o public.coderedweb.com/cne/en-US/692F85D5FF07
Plans to open an emergency shelter for residents that need to leave their home are in place it and when the need arises, Residents are urged to call 828-369-9116 to report non emergency situations This number should not be called for
informational requests

Macon County Emergency Management will continue to monitor this event and keep residents updated as conditions
change.

#END PRESS RELEASE#


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Visit their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/Adams.Oldcastle.Franklin.NC/


Their phone number is 828.524.8545, all are welcome, let them help you with your next project. 


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Thank You to the people who have been sending in donations and those businesses who are underwriting coverage of news and events. You have kept Macon Media online. You have made it possible for Macon Media to begin purchasing state of the art equipment and begin work on building a real website with features not employed by any local news outlets.

You can find out more information on how to do that and some of what I plan to accomplish if I reach certain levels of funding at 
https://www.patreon.com/MaconMedia

Published at 5:06 pm on September 8, 2017


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Source: http://thunderpigblog.blogspot.com/2017/09/macon-county-emergency-management_8.html


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