Goober Wolf Declares State of EMERGENCY

[GeneCC]

Just heard Goober Wolf declared a state of emergency. It's never snowed in PA before.


Governor Wolf Declares State of Emergency Ahead of Winter Storm

January 21, 2016



Harrisburg, PA – Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf today declared a state of emergency in preparation for the winter storm expected to impact Pennsylvania, especially in the southeast and south central regions of the state. The disaster emergency proclamation enables state and local authorities to respond to any unmet needs as quickly as possible as a snowstorm is forecasted to blanket snow across much of the state.

“Declaring a state of emergency allows the commonwealth to deliver state resources wherever they’re needed as quickly as possible,” said Governor Wolf. “We have multiple state agencies working at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency to monitor weather conditions across the state and we will respond to help local governments and residents in need.”

Governor Wolf and state officials from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Pennsylvania State Police, Pennsylvania Turnpike, and the Departments of Transportation and Health will hold a 2:30pm media briefing that will be broadcast live at governor.pa.gov/live.

The proclamation authorizes state agencies to use all available resources and personnel, as necessary, to cope with the magnitude and severity of the situation. The time-consuming bid and contract procedures, as well as other formalities normally prescribed by law, are waived for the duration of the proclamation. The State Emergency Operations Center, located at the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency headquarters outside Harrisburg, is staffed by personnel from multiple state agencies.

Different kinds of emergencies.... but only one kind of "State of Emergency"?

I think that the PA EMA is where Wolf stashed Marcus Brown, he who was to command the PA State Police. Maybe he can help allocate snow plows, road salt and open school gymnasiums for winter shelters? Who knows? Given his experience in managing Bodymore (Baltimore) I reckon that handling a blizzard won't be much of a challenge for him and the rest.

Doubt that anyone is going to get jacked up for carrying a firearm. Isn't like there is an insurrection or mass riots going on right now. Be real interesting how a Court would rule if someone were arrested for carrying a firearm during such an "emergency", which is more handling a weather issue than some sort of mass violence incident.

[soberbyker]

No actual proclamation yet, but it will show up here once/if they post it:

https://www.governor.pa.gov/topic/proclamations/

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Who knew there was different types of proclamations anyway, the "Emergency Proclamation" is up here:

http://www.pema.pa.gov/Documents/1/G...%20Weather.pdf

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[Pilot321]

Can you enlighten me to what grand scheme that this provides ???? What is his secret plan to use the State of Emergency for ???

Did I say there was a grand scheme? Did you complete your homework assignment?

[eyecanshoot]

Can you enlighten me to what grand scheme that this provides ???? What is his secret plan to use the State of Emergency for ???

The time-consuming bid and contract procedures, as well as other formalities normally prescribed by law, are waived for the duration of the proclamation.

I normally suspect the redistribution of taxpayer money among friends.

[Carnes]

That's nice. LOL

I'm not sure what's so funny about that.

[phillyd2]

I'm not sure what's so funny about that.

Sorry. It was just a pretty meaningless bureaucratic formality and you went off on a all out rift about Liberty and I found it funny. That's all.

[Carnes]

Sorry. It was just a pretty meaningless bureaucratic formality and you went off on a all out rift about Liberty and I found it funny. That's all.

It's a formality, but I don't think it is meaningless.

It's not a 'run around like your head's on fire' situation... Maybe it is more like when someone's smoke alarm starts making this annoying beep once every few minutes, so they correct it by removing the battery. They might say, "In five generations of family in the house, we never had a fire, so fuck it, I'm not pissing with the smoke detector any more."

[phillyd2]

It's a formality, but I don't think it is meaningless.

It's not a 'run around like your head's on fire' situation... Maybe it is more like when someone's smoke alarm starts making this annoying beep once every few minutes, so they correct it by removing the battery. They might say, "In five generations of family in the house, we never had a fire, so fuck it, I'm not pissing with the smoke detector any more."

Honestly I think some of you are making waaaaay too much out of it but ok.

[djpup]

It's the end of the world...


WeatherAlarm™!
Alert Type: Snow
Total Amount: 1.9 in
Occurring:
Jan 22 | Jan 23

For Hunlock creek area.

[free]

But it really would be nice if the 'state of emergency' was used ONLY in cases of emergency. As far back as i remember, PA has always gotten snow.

It used to be called "winter". Now it's called, "state of emergency."

UNBELIEVABLE how much of a big deal locals are making about the possibility of getting a whole 1-3" of snow in Pittsburgh. Schools getting out early, closing, warnings of doom, etc. It is as if they have never, ever seen snow before.

http://www.wpxi.com/news/weather/win...nd-snow/np649/