Hillsboro, WI Recognized As StormReady
The community of Hillsboro, WI, in far eastern Vernon County, has officially been recognized as "StormReady" in the La Crosse National Weather Service forecast area. A small ceremony was held at the Hillsboro City Council meeting Monday evening, September 15th.
Picture above: Thomas Hotek (Hillsboro Emergency Manager) and Mayor Alan Picha accept road signs and a certificate for Hillsboro becoming StormReady in 2008. Their StormReady status goes through 2011 unless they renew at that time.
Hillsboro joins several other StormReady communities in the area, including:
- Dover, MN
- Eyota, MN
- Edgewood, IA
- Viroqua, WI
There are only 8 recognized StormReady communities in the State of Wisconsin.
"StormReady" is a national voluntary program, administered through your local National Weather Service office, that gives communities the skills and education needed to cope with and manage potential weather-related disasters, before and during the event. The program encourages communities to take a new pro-active approach. This nationwide preparedness program uses a grassroots effort to help communities develop plans to improve local hazardous weather operations and public awareness for all types of local severe weather threats. In other words, StormReady is aimed at arming America's communities with the communication and safety skills necessary to save lives and property.
To learn more about StormReady, use these links:
- Local StormReady web page (weather.gov/lacrosse/?n=stormready)
- National StormReady web page (http://www.stormready.noaa.gov/)
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