Fact Sheet Information

 

Site:  GA, Clarke County

Disaster Type(s):  Winter Storm

Declaration Date:  January 28, 2000

Incident Period:  January 22 to February 1, 2000

 

Summary of Disaster:

 

According to the ARRL Web: ARES Activates, “Normally a relative stranger to Georgia, Ol’ Man Winter turned up unexpectedly January 23 in the form of an ice storm that affected the northern third of the state.” The storm immediately left some 340,000 homes and businesses without power and tens of thousands were still without power for a whole week.  The emergency manager noted in the research interview that the storm impacted Clarke County with $275,000 in property damage.  He stated, “The damage due to ice was basically infrastructure-type in nature and storm clean-up, such as limbs and debris.”

 

Reported Injuries, Deaths, and Rescue at the Site:

 

According to the emergency manager, he was not aware of any there injuries, deaths, or rescues due to the storm in Clarke County.

 

Site Demographics:

Year	2000
FEMA Region	4
State	Georgia
County	Clarke County
Disaster Types(s)	Winter Storm
FEMA Declaration Date of Disaster	28-Jan-00
Presence of CIL*at the Time of Disaster	No
CIL*Office Type	standard
Current CIL* Presence in County/City/Boroughs	No
Population	101489
Area in Square Miles	121
Population Density	840
Caucasian (%)	64.90%
African American (%)	27.3%
Native American (%)	0.2%
Asian Pacific	3.1%
Hispanic (%)	6.3%
Median House Hold Income	$28,403
Above Median House Hold Income	No
Per Capita Income	$17,123
Below Poverty (%)	28.30%
Number of Persons with Disabilities over age 5	15158
Persons with Disabilities over age 5 (%)	16.1%
Number of Persons with Physical Disabilities over age 5	5905
Persons with Physical Disabilities over age 5 (%)	6.3%

 

 

  From: Census Data on the number of persons with physical disabilities.