Monroe County, Florida -- Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, senior member of the Florida Congressional Delegation, will host a Keys Hurricane Preparedness Summit this upcoming Sunday, June 10, 2007 at the Marathon Government Complex. The Summit is open to all members of the community interested in attending. Press is encouraged to attend.

This event will feature officials from local, state and federal levels of government, as well as leading hurricane researchers and scientists including National Hurricane Center Director, Bill Proenza and Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) Director Dr. Bob Atlas.  The topic of the meeting will be how to best be prepared in the likely scenario that another hurricane strikes South Florida.

WHO:          Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Bill Proenza, Director of the National Hurricane Center; Dr. Robert Atlas, Director of AOML; Irene Toner, Director of Monroe County Emergency Management Agency; Kim Bassett, CEO of Fishermen’s Hospital; Captian Jim Watson, Chief of Staff of the 7^th Coast Guard District; Peter Horton, Director of Monroe County Airports; Holly Merrill, Assistant to State Rep Ron Saunders; Kim Mack from FIRM and other invited guests.

WHEN:        Sunday, June 10, 2007 from 2:00 to 4:00 P.M.

WHERE:     Marathon Government Center, Second Floor, Mile Marker 50, Marathon, Florida.

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