Lowcountry Prepares For Hurricane Season Wednesday April 12, 2006 11:35pm   Reporter: Courtney Ward   Posted By: Kelsey Kirkpatrick Which football team will have a better record in 2006?  USC  Clemson  Citadel  Charleston Southern  SC State ___  ABC News 4 Interact  ___    • Signup for eNews Alerts    • ABC News 4 Pulse Poll    • Whats Your Opinion?    • Printable Version    • E-Mail This Story Charleston, SC - Supply warehouses, personnel expenses, and generator connections in emergency shelters are just some of the things South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford (website - news) wants in order to better prepare the state for a hurricane. State lawmakers have approved millions to do those things and right now the senate finance committee is discussing the best way to make all that happen. Committee member, Senator Larry Grooms, says he's confident the committee will recommend that $6.2 million go to the state for the cause. But, he says, there's a problem. "The debate right now for the full finance committee is do we fund a staging area to take care of the needs east of I-95 or do we fund the whole state?" Grooms says that money would be enough to prepare shelters east of I-95, but supplying shelters outside the coastal region would require an additional $3.8 million. Neal Davis, a Lowcountry local, says focusing on the coast is a smart idea. "I feel like the coast should get more attention and more money to prepare for the hurricanes because we're the ones that are going to be affected more." Grooms says plans about how much money the state will get and where it will go won't be final until hurricane season begins. Governor Sanford has asked for up to $10 million for hurricane preparations, but budget writers have approved only about half of that so far. » Find More Articles Related To This One Copyright 2006 WCIV, LLC.

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