Official statement on Hanna from Gov. Mark Sanford
COLUMBIA – Governor Mark Sanford today issued the following statement after the passage of Tropical Storm Hanna along the South Carolina coast:
"First and foremost, I want to give real credit to emergency planners at the state and local level, as well as to emergency personnel at other state and federal agencies," Gov. Sanford said. "Given that this storm's impact was to have been in the state's northeast corner, we had a number of conversations with Sam Hodge and Randy Webster, who very well represented their respective emergency operations teams in Georgetown and Horry Counties. Had this storm been due to come in further south, I know from past conversations we would have seen the same level of professionalism from the teams down in Charleston and Beaufort, so I indeed want to give particular credit to all local county personnel for the way they so ably represent the first line of defense in any emergency.
"Above all else we're all very thankful that damage along the coast was minimal and that's obviously very good news.
"Equally good news is that it looks like it's going to be a great weekend on the Grand Strand. So as we're standing down from the storm, I want everyone to know that our beaches are indeed open for business, and we hope to see you there."
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Posted by peter on September 6, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. (Suggest removal)
damn politicians, his statement spends more time thanking other politicians for a job well done. It's there job, no thanks should be necessary. pure crap!!!
Posted by k5 on September 7, 2008 at 8:07 a.m. (Suggest removal)
to peter - you don't know anything about what you're talking about! The one's that he's thanking are the ones that were actually working the emergency operations center, they are not "politicians" and they do deserve a statement for what they did along with many others that he thanked as well! What you don't see is that even though "Hanna" wasn't as bad as it could have been, emergency operations plans still had to be in place and up and running and that means that many of us had to be away from our families to do so (unappreciated by folks such as you and your comments). You need to know what you're talking about!