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Fleeing Floyd
BThousands of
evacuees flood
Augusta. Mayor
Bob Young calls
for more support.
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By Eileen Rivers
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
= AUGUSTA
Augusta Mayor Bob Young, on
Wednesday, made a plea for vol
unteer support and assistance for
the thousands of families
dissplaced because of evacuations
in anticipation of Hurricane Floyd.
Already, all of Augusta’s commu
nity shelters and most hotels in
the Richmond County area are
filled to capacity, housing approxi
mately 2300 evacuees.
“This is the largest peacetime
evacuation in the history of this
country,” explained Mayor Young.
“To say that we are overwhelmed
is an understatement. We need
as much help as possible.”
The hurricane was expected to
hit land around midnight on
Wednesday, and so far citizens in
the northeast areas of Georgia,
North Carolina and South Caro
lina are seeking refuge in areas
where the effects of Floyd are
expected to be the least damag
ing, including Augusta.
* “We anticipate that the local
area will receive about three
inches of rain, and wind gusts of
around 35 miles per hour,” com
mented Emergency Management
Director David Dlugolenski.
-Volunteer efforts have already
been great, and in many cases,
have exceeded efforts put forth
during past emergencysituations,
according to Mayor Young. Last
night the Golden Harvest Food
Bank supplied Red Cross shelters
with food and drinks; individuals
have provided private transporta
tion of evacuees to shelters; and a
local burn center opened its doors
to house nursing home patients
evacuated from the Effingham
Business expo has
black urban flavor
BKiss 96 Black Expo
puts business
markets ‘in the mix’.
By Timothy Cox
AUGUSTA FOCUS Staff Writer
- AUGUSTA
lln April, Kiss 96.3 quit playing
rock and started rolling with clas
sic soul music. Five months later,
the Augusta station is sponsoring
its first “Kiss 96 Black Business
Expo.” The mix between music
and business markets is signifi
eant, says a station executive.
+“Of course, it's our intention to
romote our station. But, it’s also
goportant to keep revenue dol
lars here in Augusta,” explained
Timothy McFalls, general sales
manager for Cumulus Media’s
WRXR, Kiss 96.
{/“By playing classic soul, this
gives us a chance to attract a
crossover listenership from ages
25 to 54. That’s the population
segment that drives the economy.
Furthermore,” said McFalls, “the
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County area in North Carolina.
But this is not enough. With
more people expected to flood the
area and stay over the next sev
eral days, shelters and hotels are
desperate for help.
“We have seen a tremendous
effort thus far,” commented the
mayor. “But we are in desperate
need of so much more. We expect
there may be families out there
wanderingthe streets tonightlook
ing for shelter. If people have
room, e\we need them to volun
teer to take them in, donate cots,
blankets, pillows ... anything you
can afford.”
Traffic reports of people leaving
Statesboro, Ga., forced the open
ing of the Augusta Richmond
County Civic center as an addi
tional shelter. It can hold as many
as 2,000 more evacuees.
Accordingto EMA director David
Dlugolenski, over the past two
days Georgia has been under a
state of emergency and approxi-
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shelter. Photo by Charles Jones
mately 800 National Guard Sol
diers were called in for emer
gency and security support along
Georgia’s coast line. Soldiers and
retired military personnel have
Too often, explained McFalls,
black business owners inthe Cen
tral Savannah River Area (CSRA)
alsobeen evacuated from the Fort
Stewart area and are being housed
on Fort Gordon.
See FLEEING FLOYD, page 2A
Tim McFalls,
recently
named sales
manager at
Kiss 96.3.
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have failed to consider each other
See BLACK EXPO, page 2A
Carolinas
brace for
Hurricane
Floyd’s fury
Bruce Smith
ASSOCIATEd PRESS Writer
-» MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.
Hurricane Floyd closed in on
the North Carolina coast early
Thursday, hitting the shore with
fierce winds and drenching rains
that flooded streets, spun off tor
nadoes and knocked out power.
Its howling winds reduced to a
still-dangerous 110 mph, the Cat
egory 2 storm moved north to
ward Cape Fear, N.C, after deliv
ering only a glancing blow to
Florida and Georgia on Wednes
day.
In all, authorities have urged
more than 2.6 million people along
thesouthern Atlanticcoasttoclear
out of Floyd’s path —the biggest
peacetime evacuationin U.S. his
tory.
. Onédeath was dttributed tothe
‘storm in North Carolina — a per
son died when a car hydroplaned
on wet roads Wednesday after
noon and crashed. A second per
son was presumed dead after be
ing swept away by floodwaters.
At 2 a.m. Thursday, Floyd was
40 miles south of Wilmington,
N.C. and moving north-northeast
at 18 mph. The eye of the storm
was expected to roll ashore before
dawn Thursday with a storm surge
7 to 11 feet above normal tide
levels.
A buoy in Frying Pan Shoals,
N.C., about 20 miles southeast of
Cape Fear, showed sustained
winds of 97 mph and gusts of 112
mph early Thursday.
By nightfall Wednesday, areas
ofthe North Carolina coast picked
up 13 to 16 inches of rain and
The CSRA Black Business Expo
Sat. September 18, 1999
MORNING
1 Small Business Financial Planning-Wachovia
11:30 Unveiling of the Heritage Crest-Mayor Bob Young
AFTERNOON
12:00 Fashion Presentation-Courtney’s Closet
1:00 Lock, Stock and Building-Wachovia
2:00 Benefits of Advertising-KISS 96,
~ Augusta Focus, Augusta Chronicle
3:00 Health Seminar-Dr. Brice and Dr. Oliver g
4.00 Dress for Success
The-Silk-Con-Neck-Tion and Mary Kay Cosmetics
Vendors
Augusta Focus
Elect Home Business Services
Mary Kay -
Augusta Home Accessories
Martin & Associates
Wireless Solutions
Carpet World
Century 21
Food Lion
Terrell Academy
Expressions Graphics
The Walker Group
Larkins, Bethe & Associates
Artistic Impressions
Meybohm Realtors
Courtney’s Closet
Never Anuff Stuff
Matthews Enterprises
Ambience
Small Business Funding
- TriComp & Security
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winds from 70 to 90 mph winds
were whipping north of Cape Fear
early Thursday. Wilmington got
11.5 inches of rain, which caused
flooding in streets and low-lying
areas. Some 53,000 people lost
power.
Hurricane-strength gusts of 80
mph had buffeted Charleston, S.C.,
and more than 200,000 people in
the area lost power. More than 15
inches of rain fell on Myrtle Beach
by midnight, and authorities said
they had never seen such severe
flooding.
Earlier,in northern and central
Florida, Floyd snapped power
lines, smashed piers into drift
wood and knocked out electricity
t 0300,000 people. About 350 miles
off the coast, the Navy and Coast
Guard rescued eight people whose
tugboat sank in 30-foot seas
churhed up by the hurricane.
But Floyd made a northward
turn that spared Florida and Geor
giathecatastrophicdamage many
hadfeared. NASA’s Kennedy Space
Center and its four shuttles were
largely unscathed.
“I know that Florida and Geor
gia at this point feel like they’ve
dodged a real bullet,” said North
Carolina’s public safety secretary,
Richard Moore. “This thing is not
going to miss us.”
Myrtle Beach, a usually bus
tling resort, was a virtual ghost
town as people fled or stayed in
doors, and highways werejammed
around Wilmington. In both Caro
linas, many hurricane-hardened
peoplewhorode out earlier storms
left this time.
See HURRICANE, 9A
Wachovia
Davis Appliance
Ray Photography
Advanced Securities
CSRA Business League
Bellsouth Mobility
HUD Partnership
GoshenLending
Silk Connection
Brice Chiropractic
ICR
Greentree Mortgage
Reflections Plus
Augusta Chronicle
Afforable Dental
Kuzzins
Premier Mortgage
Augusta Tech
Avon
First Union