KING, N.C. -- A state of emergency has been declared in King due to severe weather that started Friday morning. There is a curfew in place for the duration of the state of emergency. Unless a person is a member of the King Police Department or the Emergency Management Program, everyone located within the city must be inside a house dwelling from midnight to 5 a.m.
There will be no sale, consumption, transportation or possession of alcoholic beverages, except for possession of consumption on a person's own residential premises.
There will also be no sale or purchase of any type of firearm, ammunition, explosive or any possession of such items off a person's own premises.
Poster Comment:
The comments from the locals are informative. This sounds like a dry-run for martial law.