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State Of Emergency

Monday, October 29, 2012

Kamenetz Declares State of Emergency

County plans to open a shelter at Eastern Technical High School at 1 p.m.

UPDATED (11:59 a.m.)—Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz has declared a state of emergency in Baltimore County. The county has also announced that it will open its first Hurricane Sandy-related emergency shelter at Eastern Technical High School at 1 p.m. The shelter accepts pets, who will be kept in a separate, ventilated portion of the building. Owners will be allowed to visit with their pets while at the shelter. Two state-run shelters in the county are are currently open and available to residents. The state-run shelters are: Neither state-run shelter accepts pets. Additionally, all administrative hearings for Oct. 30 and recreation and parks programs are canceled and recreation centers will close at 1 p.m. The county also …

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Joe

9:55 am on Thursday, November 1, 2012

The weather is over but the incident is on going. Will be for months. We can only THEN judge how Obama and team handled it right? Steve, tell these people the event is over fool! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2226164/Hurricane-Sandy-victims-Ella-Norris-89-dies-daughters-arms-water-fills-Staten-Island-home.html   more ›

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Obama Signs Emergency Declaration for Maryland as Hurricane Irene Approaches

Baltimore County and City and seven other counties are affected by declaration.

President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Maryland Saturday afternoon as the first rain bands of Hurricane Irene reached the Baltimore metropolitan area. The declaration authorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate disaster relief efforts in the state. Baltimore, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s, Somerset, Talbot, Wicomico, Worcester and Baltimore City are affected by the declaration, which brings with it federal money to help pay for local responses to the storm.

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