Winston Salem Times

Stokes County issued the following announcement on January 14.

A Proclamation of a State of Emergency

by the County of Stokes

and the Imposition of Prohibitions and Restrictions

During the State of Emergency

the Board of Commissioners of Stokes County Do Hereby Act To:

I. Declare a State of Emergency in Recognition of the Present and

Immediate Threat to the Lives and Property of Citizens of Stokes

County Caused by the Ice and Power Outages of the Impending Winter

Weather Storm 01/14/2022.

2. Impose Those Prohibitions and Restrictions Authorized by the Stokes

County Emergency Ordinance, Parts I and 2, and Detailed Below.

Whereas, the Board of Commissioners of Stokes County (The "Commissioners") Has Determined That

the Impending Winter Weather 01/14/2022 Endangers the Lives, Safety, Health, and Welfare of the People

Within Stokes County or Any Part Thereof, or Threatens Damages to or Destruction of Property;

Whereas, the Commissioners Have Further Determined That the Impending Winter Weather

Storm 01/14/2022 Creates a Time of Public Crisis or Disaster in Which Public Authorities May Be Unable

to Maintain Public Order or Afford Adequate Protection for Lives, Safety, or Prope1ty Without the

Prohibitions and Restrictions Hereinafter Imposed; and

Now Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of

Stokes County, North Carolina That;

1. a State of Emergency Is Hereby Declared by the Commissioners to Exist in Stokes County

Pursuant to A1ticle 36a of Chapter 14, Chapter 16a, and Chapter 153a of the North Carolina

General Statutes and Stokes County Emergency Ordinance Parts 1 and 2, as a Result of the

Imminent Threat of Winter Weather Storm 01/14/2022; and

2. Evacuation Shall Be Recommended or Mandated, as Determined by the Stokes County Office of

Emergency Management, the Coordinating Agency for All Activity in Connection with the State of

Emergency; and

3. Access Shall Be Prohibited to Any Area Designated by Any Order, Clearly Posted Notice, or Barricade

Indicated That Access Is Denied or Restricted, or as Determined by the Stokes County Office of

Emergency Management; and

4. the Board of Commissioners of Stokes County Shall by Proclamation Terminate the Entire

Declaration of Emergency or Remove Any Prohibitions When the Emergency No Longer Requires

Snch Action.

Respectfully Submitted This~ Day of :Ija Vj U Cl K J , by the Board of County

Commissioners of the County of Stokes, North Carolina.

Chairman, Board of

Clerk to the Board of Commissioners

Original source can be found here.