Posts Tagged ‘evacuation’

Emergency Restrictions under State of Emergency Declarations – Who Can Impose What?

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

A massive hurricane is bearing down on the coast.  Coates County issues a state of emergency declaration ordering a mandatory evacuation and prohibiting alcohol sales (just to be on the safe side).  Citizens in the Town of Albert start calling town hall wondering if they too are required to evacuate, and the local pub owner […]