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Tribune & Georgian
Thursday, September 14,2017
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Storm
from page 1A
on her doorstep with a back-
hoe and chainsaws, ready to
go to work.
“My eyes burst with tears
each time I think about what
you did for me today,” she
wrote on her Facebook page.
Once Sears got her home
in order, she could then go
about her work in helping
others with their disaster
needs.
This kind of generosity by
fellow citizens was evident
before the storm as several
local landscapers and trades
men offered to board up
windows and batten down
the hatches for total strang
ers in their community who
needed help.
A community on hold
Hurricane Irma flooded
dozens of homes and as of
Wednesday, many residents
were still waiting for power
or utilities to be restored. A
county advisory on Tues
day reported nearly 14,000
households in Camden were
still without electricity.
According to Steve How
ard, power companies serv
ing Camden said they will
first be focusing on critical
infrastructure and then will
begin repairing downed
lines throughout the neigh
borhoods. The National
Guard as well as the Geor
gia Emergency Management
Agency’s Incident Com
mand Unit also have been
deployed to Camden to as
sist with recovery efforts.
Georgia Insurance Com
missioner Ralph Hudgens
also was slated to tour
Camden and Glynn on
Wednesday morning. Cam
den Sheriff Jim Proctor
toured Camden by helicop
ter Wednesday afternoon
with Georgia Department
of Natural Resources Com
missioner Mark Williams
A curfew of 8 p.m. to 6
a.m. have been in place since
the hurricane hit.
County administrator
Steve Howard said there is
still plenty more assessment
that will have to be done be
fore a damage estimate can
be reached.
By Wednesday evening,
the county had reached
phases two and three of
its re-entry plan, which is
detailed in the Camden
County storm preparedness
guide, available on the coun
ty’s website. The county’s
administrative offices have
been closed all week.
Those who evacuated
were given the go-ahead
to return to the county
late Wednesday. Camden
County schools and gov
ernment offices will remain
closed until Monday.
With water and sewer sys
tems partially operational,
officials had worried that an
influx of returning evacuees
would overwhelm the sys
tem and force them to shut
it down completely.
According to the county,
43 of 70 lift stations in King-
sland and 35 of 75 stations in
St. Marys were running as of
Tuesday afternoon.
“Please limit water use
at home to prevent and re
duce the risk of sewer system
backups. This includes the
use of dishwashers, sinks,
washing machines, showers
and toilets,” according to a
statement from the city of
Kingsland, where many of
the homes were still without
water and sewer service.
The wreckage
The entire region was
battered, along with most of
Georgia and Florida along
with it, as gusts nearing 100
miles per hour raged along
the coast from late Sunday
night into Monday after
noon.
Following a tornado warn
ing near the Georgia-Flor-
ida state line around 2:30
a.m., several large oak trees
in downtown St. Marys
were twisted and crumpled.
Many others throughout the
county fell due to the sheer
force of sustained wind and
unrelenting gusts.
Submitted photo by Charlie McCollough
An aerial look at downtown St. Marys after Hurricane Irma brought tropical storm conditions.
Jill Helton I Tribune & Georgian
See IRMA, page 16A
Flooding on Bartlett Street in St. Marys
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Mayor and Council of the City of Kingsland
are scheduled to adopt the Fiscal Year 2017-
2018 Operating Budget at their regular monthly
meeting on Monday, September 25, 2017.
The meeting will be held at 6:00PM in City Hall
located at 107 South Lee Street, Kingsland, GA
31548.
A copy of the proposed budget is available for
public review Monday-Friday during the hours
of 8:30AM to 4:30PM in the Municipal Services
Building located at 105 W. William Avenue,
Kingsland, GA 31548.
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