State of emergency?

[Merritt]

Didn't really know where to put this, since it's local news, but this is what's going on in my neck of the woods.

So, it's been snowing a little here, we've had 2 different fronts come through both dumping between 6 and 8 inches. The last time the snow was followed by ice, freezing on the trees causing a lot of trees to fall and a lot of people to be without power. Still, we've seen way worse, and it's nowhere near what you would classify an emergency.

For some stupid reason, the City of King decided to declare a state of emergency, and put us under what is basically Marshall Law. Here's what the local news station reads:

Quote:

King, NC -- Stokes County Emergency Services and King Police department have declared a State of Emergency in the county and a curfew in the city of King.

A blast of winter weather Friday left widespread power outages. As of 5:00pm Saturday, more than 6,400 Duke Energy customers are without power. There is no word yet on when power will be restored in the county. So in the meantime, King Police Chief Paula May issued the following State of Emergency guidelines for the city of King.

This official State of Emergency includes the following prohibitions:


1. CURFEW: Unless a member of the King Police Department or the Emergency Management Program, every person located within the City of King must be inside a house dwelling from the hours of midnight - 5:00 AM throughout the duration of the State of Emergency.


2. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES: No sale, consumption, transportation or possession of alcoholic beverages is allowed, except for possession of consumption on a person's own residential premises.


3. NO FIREARMS: No sale or purchase of any type of firearm, ammunition, explosive, or any possession of such items is allowed off a person's own premises.


4. ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: No access or attempting to obtain access is allowed by any person to any area that has been barricaded or otherwise posted indicating that access is denied or restricted by law enforcement officers.


These restrictions are for the safety and protection of persons in the City of King and will be strictly enforced.

It even made the news on prisonplanet:

State Of Emergency Bans Firearm Sales In King, N.C.

[Petterle]

sounds fun. at least we have the option of snow here in cali, thats about the only good thing about this crappy state.