Preparations
In preparation of the tropical depression, officials in Puerto Rico closed public schools and sent federal workers home early. At 1000 UTC on August 28, a tropical storm watch was issued for Edisto Beach, South Carolina, to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Two hours later, areas from Savannah, Georgia, to Cape Hatteras North Carolina, were placed under a tropical storm warning. They were later discontinued at an unknown time. Residents of Charleston, South Carolina, complained of little warning in advance of the storm. However, as Chris moved ashore only nine hours after becoming a tropical storm, there was minimal time for preparations.
Read more about this topic: Tropical Storm Chris (1988)
Famous quotes containing the word preparations:
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—Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940)
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)