Have just arrived at the Kentucky Area 1 Emergency Management office in Benton to support operations here. This office coordinates the effort of Kentucky's westernmost 19 counties. They have responsibility from Fulton all the way to Owensboro. We are here to make sure that everyone can communicate with one another as much as possible once the power, phone lines, radios, internet and cell phones go out.
Everyone is nervous about this storm. We had a conference call this morning with the National Weather Service where they were using words like "storm of the decade" and "catastrophic ice storm."
Makes me especially nervous with my two sons in the hospital tonight following a tonsillectomy, but the hospital has a good generator and I know that it is a safe place to be.
It's going to be a long week, but this type storm is exactly what the METL is designed for.
Monday, January 26, 2009
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