[warn-news] ASG / Severe Weather

[Steve Lewis]

The Storms Prediction Center outlook for Monday is bleak.

Emergency management / public safety are concerned because there are a 
lot of visitors who may be unwilling or unable to monitor the threat.  
And there may be a lot of people "drifting around" outdoors when/if 
something happens.

We can do nothing about that.

What we can do, when/if asked, is do a great job of providing 
situational awareness to whoever seeks it.  And if a severe weather 
outbreak occurs (the current word is "likely") then we can be ready to 
feed the NWS data from every corner of the area.

Here's what I'd like you to do today:
- get those HTs out of the bag/box/pile and turn 'em on.  Make sure the 
battery in there still works.  Repeat the process if you have more 
batteries.
- sneak them into work if this is at all practical
- please register for text messaging alerts, especially if you were a 
Cincinnati Bell Wireless customer who has switched to Verizon or others.
- consider following WARN on Facebook or Twitter as it's sometimes 
quicker to fire off updates that way

Updates to follow as required.

-73- de N8TFD/Steve