Wolfinger said the decision to close came around the same time as
a local state of emergency was declared in Brevard, and that the district continues to work with Emergency Management to monitor the hurricane's path.
The Governor declared a State of Emergency and
local States of Emergency were declared in Erie County, the southern areas of the city of Buffalo, the city of Lackawanna, the towns of Alden, Aurora, Hamburg, Cheektowaga, Elma, Marilla, Orchard Park, Lancaster, West Seneca, the villages of Alden, Blasdell, East Aurora, Depew, Hamburg, Lancaster, Orchard Park and Sloan.
The law allows the chief executive of a local government (e.g. mayor of a city) to declare
a local state of emergency «in the event of a disaster, rioting, catastrophe, or similar public...