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| Skywarn™
and StormReady |
| Skywarn™ involves getting yourself trained to
identify and report severe weather. StormReady goes one step
further, training communities how to prepare for severe
weather. |
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StormReady - Hot Springs, AR (05/07/2001) |
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| StormReady
is a program designed to encourage communities to take a proactive approach to improving
local hazardous weather operations. The goal is to better prepare communities for severe
weather so that life and property may be better protected. On May 7, 2001...Hot Springs
and Garland County, Arkansas became the first StormReady communities in the Little Rock County Warning Area. |
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in Hot Springs to celebrate the
StormReady achievement. Attendees were mostly from local and state government, the
Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) and the National Weather Service in
Little Rock. |
| In the picture: Ms. Renee Fair
(left), Meteorologist-in-Charge of the National Weather Service in Little Rock, watches as
Ms. Joy Sanders (third from left), Garland County Coordinator, cuts a ribbon on 05/07/2001
making Hot Springs and Garland County the first StormReady communities in the Little Rock
County Warning Area. Witnessing the ribbon cutting were the Honorable Larry Williams
(second from left), Garland County Judge; the Honorable Ted Elder (second from right),
Montgomery County Judge; and Mr. Don Fullenweider, retired Garland County Coordinator. Click to enlarge. |
| Road signs were put on display at the ribbon cutting ceremony to promote
the StormReady status. The signs will be posted throughout Garland County. |
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| In the picture: Mr. Mike Bush
(left), Mayor of Hot Springs, and the Honorable Larry Williams (right), Garland
County Judge, stand on either side of a StormReady road sign...one of several signs that
will be posted in Garland County. Click to enlarge. |
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Following the ceremony, attendees enjoyed refreshments including the cake
to left. |
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