Current status and updates on County operations and services during Hurricane Ian:

Beaufort County Public Works
Beaufort County Public Works Command Center (PWCC) was partially activated at 1600 hrs. on 9/29/22. Beaufort County ESF-3/14 at EOC was activated at 1800 hrs. on 9/29/22.

• Public works has two debris crews (5 people per crew) and two on-call crews (2 people per crew).
• PW command center has 5 staff manning the center

Since activation PW has received 15 calls, mainly power line or trees down. No reports at this time of any flooding issues. One tree on the house was reported, and no citizen was inside.

Beaufort County Airports
Hilton Head and Beaufort Executive Airports are closed. Hilton Head Airport is scheduled to reopen Saturday at 10AM.

County Convenience Centers
Convenience centers are closed and are scheduled to reopen on Saturday. Hours will be extended one hour beyond regular operating time on Saturday and will open one hour early and extend one hour later on Sunday.

(Saturday operation hours 0730-1900 hrs. Sunday operation hours 0630-1900 hrs.)

Beaufort County Parks and Recreation
County Parks and Recreation department is operating a skeleton crew at Buckwalter Recreation Center to assist the National Guard advance team at Buckwalter Recreation Center.

Daufuskie Island Ferry Update--Service Suspended
Hurricane Ian continues to move off to the northeast. Ferry service to Daufuskie Island is suspended at this time with the exception of emergency medivac needs.

Captain Richard Inglis and the management team will evaluate the situation on an hourly basis and will adapt as conditions warrant. Updates will be shared immediately.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Dominion Energy Update
Dominion Energy is prepared and responding to Hurricane Ian.  Our crews have begun damage assessment and restoration and will continue as long as it’s safe to do so.    The majority of Beaufort County’s outages are on Daufuskie Island.  Restoration cannot begin on Daufuskie until it is safe to run our boats to the island.

Trees and tree limbs are the #1 reason for outages across our system.  Check out this link to monitor outages in your community:

https://outagemap.dominionenergysc.com/  (New feature – you can sort outages by zipcode on our outage maps.)

For external communications, remind citizens to stay away from downed power lines.  Always assume downed power lines are energized and dangerous.  Report any downed lines to 1-888-333-4465.

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