1. Although the oversupply of California wine grapes last fall primarily affected the Central Valley, he said coastal counties were not immune. 2. And extra money would be specifically allocated to coastal counties, such as San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin. 3. But Baird swept Thurston County, won in three coastal counties, and upset Smith in Cowlitz County. 4. Cabernet Sauvignon and other favored grapes in coastal counties remain in fairly tight supply and their prices remain firm as demand stays strong for pricey premium wines. 5. Coastal counties were under a mandatory evacuation, especially those living in mobile or manufactured homes and along the beaches. 6. Emergency management directors in the coastal counties echoed that sentiment. 7. Gov. David Beasley of South Carolina Wednesday ordered a mandatory evacuation of the barrier islands, the beachfront and the low-lying areas in a half-dozen coastal counties. 8. He also declared seven coastal counties as state disaster areas and called upon President Clinton for expedited federal relief. 9. Highways crisscross once-rural coastal counties as migration to the Sun Belt continues. 10. Hours before the landfall, Gov. George W. Bush asked federal officials to declare seven coastal counties major disaster areas in order to qualify for emergency aid. |
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