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0 <br />J. Old N.C. Highway 86 <br />3. Railroads are: <br />a. Southern Railway <br />.m• 4 <br />The— County - conta -ins -the • • fol lowing - airport (s) : <br />Horace Williams Airport located in the Northwest <br />corner of the intersection of Airport Road and <br />Estes Drive in the city of Chapel Hill. Several <br />private airstrips located throughout the County. <br />5. The county is exposed to many hazards, all of which <br />have the potential to disrupt the community, cause <br />damage, and create casualties. Potential hazards <br />(natural or technological) by probability of <br />occurrance are: <br />a. Hazardous Material Incidents <br />b. Severe Winter Storms <br />C. Urban and Wildfires <br />d. Agricultural Drought <br />e. Power Failure <br />f. Flooding <br />g. Mass Casualty /Transportation Accidents <br />h. Tornados <br />i. Dam Failure <br />J. Earthquakes <br />k. Nuclear /Incident <br />B.. Assumptions <br />1. It is necessary for the County to plan for and to <br />carry out disaster response and short -term recovery <br />operations utilizing local resources, however, it <br />is likely that outside assistance would be <br />available in most major disaster situations <br />affecting the County. <br />F, <br />