STATE OF INDIANA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
INDIANAPOLIS
FOR: DECLARING A DISASTER EMERGENCY IN LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS:
WHEREAS, heavy rains swept through Lake County on September 12 and 13, 2006;
WHEREAS, serious flooding and flash flooding resulted from the heavy rains; and
WHEREAS, as a result of the flooding and flash flooding, there has been significant damage to public and private property; and
WHEREAS, the Indiana Department of Homeland Security has mobilized and deployed all available state resources to assist the victims, local officials and political subdivisions affected by this disaster.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., by virtue of the authority vested in me as Governor of the State of Indiana, do hereby
DECLARE, that a state of disaster emergency exists in Lake County, Indiana; and
ORDER the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, having already implemented the State Emergency Plan, to provide needed emergency services to the damaged areas of Lake County impacted by the heavy rains and subsequent flooding and to coordinate assistance with appropriate federal, state and local agencies.
This declaration of disaster emergency was in effect beginning September 12, 2006, and continues.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Indiana on this 14th day of September, 2006.
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
Governor of Indiana
Posted: 10/25/2006 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20061025-IR-GOV060484EOA
Composed: Apr 28,2024 2:38:22PM EDT
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