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Public works director sees Andrew first-hand BjAalabhN Municipal Editor After seeing the destruction caused by Hurricane Andrew, Charles Derrick's advice to Bruns wick County residents is to get out of the area at once when faced with such a storm. The Long Beach public worts director spent a week in south Flor ida along with two other public works employees. Bill Montgomery and David Duckett, helping clean up the debris in the aftermath of Andrew. Derrick volunteered to go to Flor ida after seeing the destruction caused by the hurricane and watch ing a town manager lament on tele vision the near-total destruction of his town. Comparing Hurricane Andrew with Hurricane Diana, the last major hurricane to hit this area in 19S4, Derrick said that compared with what Hurricane Andrew did, Diana pnly broke a couple of twigs. Derrick’s advice to residents in pase of an Andrew-type situation is, 'If the public officials ask you to evacuate, then please do exactly that I may ruffle some county offi cials’ feathers by saying this, but in the case of a category 4 or category 5 storm don’t even stop at the local evacuation centers. Just get the hell out of here. "People need to heed evacuation warnings. You better get out, be cause if you don’t then your chances of dying are pretty good." Derrick also advised local resi dents to board their windows with plywood in case of a storm, and not just to lock or tape them. "A lot of water damage was done because the residents didn’t board their windows up and then every thing got ruined inside the home," he said. Derrick said that he wouldn't Beach plan Coatinued from page 1 post-emergency damage assessment teams to help gel the town function ing again. One portion of the document deals with approaching hurricanes and tor nadoes and sets up three stages ac cording to the proximity' of the ap proaching storm, classifying the situ ations as "green', "yellow" and "red alett" stages and detailing steps about what to do in each circumstance. Durr said he feels strongly that the program is feasible under actual di saster conditions. "I have just set up an outline for various department heads, and the detailed plans for each department are up to them." he said. "This is just somewhat of a check list." he added. "If you are a depart ment head it’s nice to know what other officials are responsible for." Durr emphasized that even though he holds the title of emergency pre paredness coordinator, he has no di rective authority. "Thai’s the way it should be." he said. "The coordinator should not have the power to make things happen. The Four hurt in Indigo mishap Four people were injured, one seriously, in a two-car accident Sat urday night in Indigo Plantation. Drivers of both cars were charged in the incident Southport police said Michelle Marie Martin, 19, of 303 Crowell Street, Yaupon Beach, was driving east with two passengers on Dutchman Creek Road around 9:30 pan. and Kara Shea Spencer, 18. of 1020 West Beach Drive, Long Beach, was westbound with two passengers. The cars collided on a curve near Spikerush Trail when both crossed the center line, patrolman George Stanley reported. Shelly Kessler, a passenger with Martin, was seriously injured, police said, and fellow passenger Debbie Talley received minor injuries. Spencer and Joshua Hight, a pas senger, were also injured, the report said. Martin was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, un derage drinking, driving without in surance and driving left of center. Spencer was charged with careless and reckless driving, exceeding a safe speed and driving left of center. Il own manager and the mayor snouia taw the power to make things hap pen. *Nly task was to put together the >lan and coonlinate all activities within the tow n/ he added. "In fact, at some point in tune we ll be talking with other communities in the area." The major responsibility of coordi nating the effon in case of an emer gency situation has been given to the iown manager, whose duties include >etting up the Emergency Operation Center and acting as liaison between elected officials and town depart ments. "The town manager is the real key individual in this programDurr said. 'There is no question as to how im portant the town manager is." Tim Johnson. Long Beach town manager for less than a month. said he is satisfied with the report. "It's a very thorough document." Johnson said. * Aconsiderable amount of thought has been put in preparing it." Johnson said the program w as as practical as a document could be and that the responsibilities assigned to the town manager were doable under emergency situations. The town manager has also been given the responsibility of informing the public about w hat to do in case of an emergency. The job of evacuating the public has been assigned to police, who are expected to draw a detailed plan. "Given the history of Florida. 1 think you'll find a good deal more coopera tion (from the public) with regard to evacuation." Durr said. Other town officials are encour aged about the document. Long Beach police chief Danny Laughren said the plan was a good one and covered about every thing that should be done, thus serv ing as a checksheet. CP&L Continued from page 1 lems in the diesel generator building, but other work items were added to the CP&L fix list, and the company pledged to raise the plant, which tra ditionally has rated low in NRC as sessments. to a level of "excellence." Restart of nuclear power genera tion at Brunswick will be with the concurrence of the NRC. Fridays session, open to die public, w ill be at 10 a.m. in the assembly building at the CP&L visitors center. cVieWs On ® Cental Healtti Larry Hemby, D.D.S. WHEN TO CROWN If you have a tooth that is so badly damiged or decayed that a simple filling will not protect adequately. Your dentist will probably recom mend that it be crowned. He may also recommend a crown if the the tooth has already had several fillings that are badly worn and the tooth is in danger of fracturing One of the advantages of crown ing a tooth is that it completely en circles the tooth, giving it full sup port. Another reason is to improve the appearance of your teeth. There are many matrri tit available ihtirm ha used to give a crowned too* a natural look as wefl as superior Once a tooth has been crowned, yon aril still need to practice good oral hygiene and have regular checrups o protect the tooth horn decay. Like other restorations, crowns will eventually show signs of wear. Depending on the type of material used, they will usually last a long time before thev need to be repaired or replaced. If you have a badly damaged tooth that could benefit from crowning, ask your dentist what he would recommend. Prepared as a public service to promote better dental health. From the office at. LARRY HEMBY, DJLS. 621 Fodale Avenue Southport, N.C. 28461 (919)457-5026 'I may ruffle some county officials' feathers by saying this, but in the case of a category 4 or category 5 storm don't even stop at the local evacuation centers. Just get the hell out of here.' Charles Derrick know what changes to recommend in the building standards. "I think you eventually reach a point of no return, and category 4 and S are past the point of no return as far as what you can build to with stand something," he said. "We saw every type of construc tion make it through the storm and we saw every type of construction you can imagine that failed," he said. "There is no rhyme or reason as to what makes it through this type of storm and what doesn’t.... I saw no type of construction that con sistently seemed to be sturdy. "When you get to a certain Southport clean-up underway Southport residents are do ing some fall cleaning this week, The City’s beautification committee isencouraging resi dents to pick up trash around thelrhomes and in their neigh borhoods. The clean-up will culminate this Saturday*JJep tember 26. when a group effort will be organized at 8:30 aan. at Waterfront Park. Assign ments will be passed out along with garbage bags. The ti rst 50 people will receive T-shirts, following the clean-up, hot dogs and drinks will be pro vided to those who helped. Individuals and groups in terested in participating in the dean-up can contact commit tee chairman Gwen Midyette at457-9560 for more informa tion. category and certain wind speeds, then building codes and who your contractor is becomes irrelevant.” Derrick was initially shaken by the storm damage be saw. "What struck me most as we went past Miami (toward Homestead Air Force Base) was the quickness die storm damage picked up.” he said. "It got bad so quick that I got cold chills. It was overwhelming to say the least.” Derrick saw, among other things, 12-inch concrete poles and 24-inch steel utility poles broken off at their bases, and a steel pole wrapped around a fence. “I sort of got the anpressaon that a nuclear bomb went off," he said. Derrick worked all the time at die air base and in a neighborhood a mile south of the base. He said that the only governmental agency he wd his fellow workers interacted with was the City of Homestead, through the public works depart ment. Derrick naturally dhhrt find die work very uplifting. "The first couple of days it was depressing that we were clearing up right-of-ways and literally throwing away people’s lives," he said. "It was kind of overwhelming that we Man shot in abdomen, police are investigating Long Beach police are investigat ing the shooting of a Long Beach Motel resident early Friday. Major Johnny Freeman said Brent Tyler Fumier, 21, of 2714 West Beach Drive was rushed to Dosher Memorial Hospital after he was brought to the police station around 3:30 a.m. He was later transferred to New Hanover Regional Medical Center. Freeman said Fumier’s abdomenal wound was apparently caused by a .22 caliber pistol, and added that the circumstances of the shooting are still being examined. In other recent action Long Beach police arrested Carlos Dean Scott, 22, of Paradise Acres on Jabbertown Road, Southport, on September 5 for possession of drags and possession of stolen property. 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