VIENNA — The National Weather Service (NWS) presented Maries County officials with an official designation as a StormReady county during a Nov. 7 ceremony at the Maries County courthouse.
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VIENNA — The National Weather Service (NWS) presented Maries County officials with an official designation as a StormReady county during a Nov. 7 ceremony at the Maries County courthouse.
“If you’ve been around these parts for any length of time, you know what Mother Nature can do,” said Steve Runnels, warning coordination meteorologist with the Springfield NWS office. “There’s nothing we can do to stop Mother Nature from doing her thing. Ultimately, can we be as prepared as possible? That’s where StormReady comes into play.”
The StormReady certificate the county received is for “improving the timeliness and effectiveness of hazardous weather warnings through a diligent and proactive approach of increased communication and preparedness.”
Certification lasts for four years.
According to the NWS’s website, the StormReady program helps communities develop plans to deal with extreme weather events ranging from tornadoes to winter storms. It provides emergency managers with guidelines on how to improve their responses to hazardous weather.
Additional overage of the program will appear in the Nov. 15 issue of The Maries County Advocate.
