A. Situation:
1. The City is located approximately ten (10) miles east of McAllen, thirty five (35) miles west of Harlingen on Interstate Highway 83 and approximately eight (8) miles north of the Texas- Mexico border. The average population is approximately eight thousand two hundred ten (8,210) people. The industries in the City include two (2) fruit packing sheds, one vegetable packing shed, one frozen vegetable plant, one plastic company and is the headquarters for three (3) national photographic studios.
2. The City is served by the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The major highway servicing the City is Interstate Highway 83 and Expressway 83. The City has its own water system. Sewage disposal services are provided by the Rio Grande Valley Pollution Control Authority. The utilities that service the City are Central Power and Light Company, Rio Grande Valley Gas Company, Bell Telephone Company and Valley Cable T.V.
B. Assumptions:
1. Because of its geographical location, highway, rail and traffic patterns, the City is subject to the following types of disaster situations:
a. Hurricane;
b. Fire and explosion;
c. Civil disturbance;
d. Plane crash;
e. Train accident;
f. Water contamination;
g. Gasoline storage explosion and fire;
h. Truck accident involving combustibles;
i. Radioactive materials;
j. Tornado;
k. Chemical spills, fires and explosions.
2. The City, in nuclear attack, would probably receive radio active fallout.
3. The City may receive large numbers of refugees from the coastal areas and from other locations in case of a nuclear attack. (Ord. 586, 7-1-75)