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WEATHER
RADIO TRANSMITTER GRANT PROGRAM
Halifax
County Virginia receives $69,000 Weather Radio Transmitter
Grant from USDA
(Left) Virginian Congressman
Virgil Goode, William I. Fitzgerald, Chairman of the
Halifax County Board of Supervisors, Allen Bobar,
Emergency Services Coordinator for Halifax County,
Sheriff D. J. Oakes, Ellen Matthews Davis Virginia
USDA RD State Director, Jacqueline Rosier USDA RD
Headquarters Staff, Michael Cocker, VA Dept. EM Region
3 Coordinator and David A. Wert of the National Weather
Service.
San Juan County, Utah Dedicates
the New NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter on Abajo Peak
On
January 22, 2007, Liz Black, USDA Rural Development
Manager presented an award to the San Juan County,
Utah Commission during the dedication ceremony of
the new NOAA Weather Radio (NWR) transmitter on Abajo
Peak. UDSA funded a $21,360 Weather Radio Transmitter
grant to the county for the early warning system that
will alert residents about disasters, hazards and
emergencies. The NWR transmitter broadcast covers
San Juan County, Utah, a large portion of the Navajo
Nation in the Four Corners area, and a significant
portion of southwest Colorado.
Commonwealth
of Virginia, Department of Emergency Management Receives
$59,900 USDA Weather Radio Transmitter Grant
On February 20, 2008, U.S.
Rep. Thelma Drake, and Ellen Davis, USDA RD Virginia
State Director, presented a $59,900 Weather Radio
Transmitter Grant award to the Commonwealth of Virginia,
Department of Emergency Management, for its Accomack
County, Virginia site. The event took place at the
Town Hall in Onancock, VA. The grant funds will be
used for the purchase and installation of a 1000-watt
dual transmitter and antenna. The transmitter will
provide NOAA Weather Radio all Hazards Broadcast to
Accomack County, towns and locations along Route 13,
and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
In the picture from left to
right are: Jason Loftus, Public Safety Director-Accomack
County, Ellen Davis, State Director USDA Rural Development-Virginia,
Bill Sammler, Warning Coordination Meteorologist-NOAA,
Congresswoman Thelma Drake-2nd District of Virginia
and Michael Cline, State Coordinator for Virginia
Dept. of Emergency Management.
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