NOAA's National Weather Service taking action to build a 'Weather-ready' nation
"NOAA is launching a comprehensive initiative to build a “Weather-ready” nation to make America safer by saving more lives and protecting livelihoods as communities across the country become increasingly vulnerable to severe weather events, such as tornado outbreaks, intense heat waves, flooding, active hurricane seasons, and solar storms that threaten electrical and communication systems."
The program has several goals, but the last two are most applicable to housers:
- Strengthening joint partnerships to enhance community preparedness;
- Working with weather enterprise partners and the emergency management community to enhance safety and economic output and effectively manage environmental resources.
Washington, DC is one of several pilot cities, and two projects are set to come online in the next month related to emergency response and "urban environment decision-making". It will be interesting to see what comes of it.
The Capital Weather Gang and McLean Patch had other articles about the DC projects. Anybody heard about pilots in their areas?
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