FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                        
 
 
 
GOVERNOR MAPP TAKES ACTION TO SAFEGUARD THE 
TERRITORY IN ANTICIPATION OF TROPICAL STORM ERIKA 
 
(August 26, 2015, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands) Today, Governor Kenneth E. 
Mapp met with VITEMA and FEMA officials in an Emergency Operations Center 
meeting.  The National Weather Service and the US Coast Guard were able to 
advise the Governor and VTEMA members as to the anticipated impact of the 
storm.  Based on the information divulged in the meeting and the swift moving 
storm, the decision was made to close Government operations on Thursday, 
August 27, 2015. 
 
All government employees are to secure their work spaces at the close of business 
today.  All non-essential government employees are not to report to work on 
Thursday.  “Please take this time to secure your homes and families.  If you live in 
low lying areas of the territory, move to higher ground, as significant rainfall is 
associated with Tropical Storm Erika” stated Governor Mapp in a live press 
conference earlier today. 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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