STATE OF INDIANA
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
INDIANAPOLIS
FOR: DECLARING A DISASTER EMERGENCY IN BENTON, CLARK, CLAY, CRAWFORD, DAVIESS, DEARBORN, DUBOIS, FLOYD, FRANKLIN, GIBSON, HARRISON, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, JENNINGS, KNOX, LAWRENCE, MARTIN, MONROE, OHIO, ORANGE, PARKE, PERRY, PIKE, POSEY, PUTNAM, RIPLEY, SCOTT, SPENCER, STARKE, SULLIVAN, SWITZERLAND, VANDERBURGH, WARRICK, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES DUE TO SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS, TORNADOS, AND FLOODING
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS MAY COME, GREETINGS:
WHEREAS, IC 10-14-3-12 provides that the governor shall declare a disaster emergency by executive order if he determines that a disaster involving widespread or severe damage, injury or loss of life or property has occurred or that the occurrence or threat of a disaster is imminent; and
WHEREAS, beginning on April 18, 2011, and continuing, severe storms with damaging straight line winds, tornados, and flooding caused widespread damage to homes, businesses, and public property in Benton, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Ohio, Orange, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, Spencer, Starke, Sullivan, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Washington counties;
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 Benton, Clark, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd, Franklin, Gibson, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Knox, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Ohio, Orange, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Putnam, Ripley, Scott, Spencer, Starke, Sullivan, Switzerland, Vanderburgh, Warrick, and Washington counties. This declaration of disaster emergency shall be effective beginning on April 18, 2011, and shall continue for thirty (30) days pursuant to IC 10-14-3-12; and
ORDER that this Executive Order declaring the existence of a state of disaster emergency activates the disaster response and recovery aspects of the state, local, and inter-jurisdictional disaster emergency plans applicable to the affected counties, or other political subdivisions; and
ORDER the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, having already begun implementation of the State Emergency Plan, to enlist the support of such other state agencies as are needed, to provide needed emergency services and to provide disaster recovery assistance to the damaged areas impacted by this disaster emergency.
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 16th day of May 2011.
Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr.
Governor of Indiana
Secretary of State
Posted: 07/20/2011 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20110720-IR-GOV110422EOA
Composed: May 04,2024 8:10:19PM EDT
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