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BoardofCountyCommissionersContact:ChuckWhite
OfficeoftheCountyAdministrator912-729-5602(office)
P.O.Box99/200East4"Street912-576-0448(fax)
Woodbine,Georgia31569camdenema@co.camden.ga.us
FORIMMEDIATERELEASE
CamdenCountyResidentsEncouragedto
MonitorHurricaneDorian
WOODBINE,Ga.August28,2019CamdenCountyEmergencyManagementAgency
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(EMA)iscarefullymonitoringthestill-changingtrackofHurricaneDorianforimpactstoCamdenCounty.
AllcitizensareencouragedtoremainactivelyengagedbyfollowingCamdenCountyEMAforupdates
regardingthestorm.Dorianisforecasttoimpacttheregionduringtheholidayweekendandalthough
specificconsequencesotherthanheavyrainandlocalizedfloodingareunknown,residentsshouldprepare
nowfortropicalactivityandrapidlychangingconditions.
LocalresidentsarealsoencouragedtovisittheNationalHurricaneCenter,www.nhc.noaa.gov,andthe
NationalWeatherServiceOfficeinJacksonville,www.weather.gov/jax,astrustedsitesforweatherrelated
information.Inaddition,CamdenCountyresidentsareurgedtosign-upfortheCodeREDEmergency
NotificationSystembyvisitingwww.camdencountyga.gov/CodeREDortexting“CamdenCodeRED”to
99411.CodeREDiscriticalduringsituationslikethisasadirectmethodofcommunicationfromCamden
CountyEMAtoyourlandline,cellphone,oremail.TDD/TTYserviceisalsoavailable.Participantswillbe
notifiedintheeventofemergencysituationsorcriticalcommunityalerts.
CamdenCountyEmergencyManagementAgency(EMA),theCamdenCountySheriff'sOffice,andin
partnershipwiththecitiesofKingsland,St.Marys,andWoodbine,alongwithCamdenCountySchools,
NavalSubmarineBaseKingsBay,andtheNationalWeatherService(NWS)willcoordinateincident
responseandpubliccommunications.LocalresidentsshouldcontinuetomonitorCamdenCounty
Website,CamdenCountyEMAFacebookandCamdenCountyEMATwitterforupdates.
AboutCamdenCounty:LocatedintheextremesoutheastcornerofGeorgia,CamdenCountytrulyis“Georgia’sCoastal
CommunityofChoice.”Originallyformedin1777,CamdenCountyisbestknownforitsrichhistory,naturalscenicbeautyand
Southernhospitality.Ourvisionishelpingtomakethisthebestplacetolivebypreservingandenhancingthehistoryandquality
oflife,whilepromotingsmartgrowthandprovidinganefficient,effectiveandresponsivegovernment.
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STEVEL.HOWARDJOHNS.MYERS
CountyAdministratorCountyAttorney
LANNIEE.BRANTCHUCKCLARKJIMMYSTARLINEGARYBLOUNTBENL.CASEY
Commissioner,District1Commissioner,District2Commissioner,District3Commissioner,District4Commissioner,District5