HORRY CO, SC (WBTW) – Construction will begin next week on the long-awaited emergency operations center for Horry County.
County officials have said the current Emergency Operations and Communications Center was not designed to handle earthquakes and hurricanes above a category two. During Hurricane Matthew, the county discovered it was too small; people were forced to sleep in the halls during the 2016 storm.
The current emergency operations center is in the M.L. Brown building, but Horry County leaders have said it’s outdated, needs new technology, and this area floods every time there’s significant rain… READ MORE
