Hi Everyone,
Tomorrow is the 7th anniversary, of much mayhem and destruction to our state, but also survival and people pulling together, united to make good things happen, caring for each other. Let’s forget what makes us all different, and remember we can all be united for the good of our communities and families, even when there’s not a disaster on our hands.
Please remember those who lost loved ones on April 27, 2011, and be kind to them. Maybe do something nice for those you know, who lived through such an experience, and listen to their stories. Maybe write them down for future generations to remember.
Whether or not you’re an enthusiast, we all should have a plan to Weather Ready, in our own houses, as if a disaster can strike at any time. I did, ahead of April 27, 2011 in Pleasant Grove, AL. It can save your family. We didn’t know it would start early, and then come back for a second round while we were without power. Some did not receive the warning.
Here are only a few things you can do, to be ready:
- Have your safe place where it’s easily accessed, with tornado helmets to reduce injury if you aren’t in a certified underground shelter, and with appropriate supplies. Especially in Spring/November, where there’s a statistical uptick in severe weather events.
- Have multiple ways to get warnings including a NOAA Weather Alert radio, fresh batteries in it, maybe even a mobile app like Baron Critical Weather, or any of the WDT products out there in the Google Play/Apple App Stores.
- Have an after-event plan to get back in communication with your families, a way to ensure you are taken care of.
Go to Ready.Gov or your local NWS for more info on how to be ready, today, not 30 minutes before the warning! 🙂
Hope to see you at the Barons game tomorrow! Game starts 7:05PM!
Casey Benefield, NZ2O
ALERT will be at Regions Field tomorrow. ALERT assists with the mission of the National Weather Service, to protect life and property by contributing severe weather reports through the NWS Skywarn program, for the potential use in the warning process, and by promoting education on how to submit a quality report.
ALERT will be answering questions about ham radio in emergency, modern ham radio, as well as promoting the Skywarn Storm Spotter program.
ALERT will be answering questions about ham radio in emergency, modern ham radio, as well as promoting the Skywarn Storm Spotter program.
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