WSR 97-02-044
PROCLAMATION
OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR
[December 29, 1996]
WHEREAS, a severe winter storm causing extensive power outages began on
December 26, 1996 and another severe storm began on December 28, 1996
causing blizzard conditions and flooding in portions of Washington State,
threatening the citizens of the state;
WHEREAS, the Washington State Military Department, following the state's
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan is coordinating resources to
support local officials in alleviating the immediate social and economic
impacts to people and property and assessing the magnitude of the
disaster. The severity and magnitude of the destruction from freezing
rain, snow and ensuing flooding are beyond the capabilities of the
affected political subdivisions;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Lowry, Governor of the state of Washington, as
a result of the aforementioned situation and under RCW 43.06 and 38.52,
do hereby proclaim that a State of Emergency exists in Clallam, Island,
King, Kitsap, Mason, Pierce, Skagit, Whatcom, San Juan, Snohomish and
Thurston Counties and direct the implementation of the Washington State
Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan. State agencies and departments
are directed to utilize state resources and to do everything possible to
assist affected political subdivisions in an effort to cope with the
emergency. I also hereby order into active service the state of
Washington National Guard, or such part thereof as may be necessary in
the opinion of the Adjutant General to perform such duties as directed
by competent authority. Additionally, the Washington State Military
Department, Emergency Management is instructed to coordinate all state
disaster-related assistance to the affected areas.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the state of
Washington to be affixed at Olympia, this twenty-ninth day of December, A.D., nineteen
hundred and ninety-six.
Mike Lowry
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Governor of Washington
BY THE GOVERNOR
Ralph Munro
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Secretary of State