Members of the emergency services marshalled them as they crowded around lorries delivering loads of sandbags, before passing them hand to hand, down the line.
Costs related to road closures, marshalling and emergency cover throughout the two-day event were behind the decision, said Mr Curtis, who did not wish to disclose the sums involved.
Emergency childcare was marshalled from under the duvet; when it arrived, I had to crawl to open the front door.
Safety plans – talking to people about how they would take their life and discussing how they might stop themselves – and a "safe from suicide" emergency team to marshal resources for those thought at immediate risk are among initiatives.
Which means the state can prepare all it wants, but without a vaccine and without any natural immunity, it can do little but marshal its emergency forces, and wait.
On Wednesday, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) declared a state of emergency, allowing officials to marshal resources to prepare for the potential impact of events in and around Charlottesville and Northern Virginia.
(I can remember being struck by Gary Barlow's odd syntax: 'Yes, the rumours are true; as of now, Take That are... no more.') I didn't ring the emergency lines established to marshal the grief of inconsolable teens - but I did miss you from time to time.
Translational table of findings about marshalling medicines, relations and emotions.
It has been opined that Sandy could help President Obama, affording him the opportunity to look presidential as he marshals federal resources and directs the emergency aid effort.
Instead of being able to end a presidential declaration of emergency with a majority vote in both the House and Senate, Congress must marshal an implausible two-thirds majority in each chamber to override the president's veto.
