StormReady®/TsunamiReady® Recognition Events in 2008

Agawam, MA, November 2008, from left; Chet Nicora, Jr., Director of Agawam EMA; Rosemary Sandlin, State Representative from 3rd Hampden District; Michael Nicora, EOC Coordinator; Robert Thompson, MIC, NWS Taunton; Susan Dawson, Mayor of Agawam; Hayden Frank, Forecaster, NWS Taunton; Glenn Field, WCM, NWS Taunton.

Martin County Kentucky Second Renewa, October 2008, from left: Chris Todd Martin Co. EM Office; Garmin Preece, Martin Co. Sherriff; Shawn Harley, WFO Jackson MIC; Tom Johnstone, WFO Jackson WCM; Kelly Callaham, Martin Co. Judge Executive; Lee Gauze, Martin Co. EM; K.C. Fitch, Martin Co. EM Office.

Grant County and Milbank, SD.November 2008, from left: Sheryl Mogard, Grant Co. Emergency Manager; David Hintz, WFO Aberdeen StormReady board Chairman; Jason Kettwig, Milbank City Administrator;
James Scarlett, WFO Aberdeen MIC. Photo by Lilly Adkins, The Big Sandy News.

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, ID, October 1008, from left: Patrick Teton, Tribal EM; Vernon Preston, NWS Pocatello WCM; Becky Martin, Tribal Emergency Coordinator; Reggie Thorpe, Police Chief; Rick Dittmann, MIC; Alonzo Coby, Tribal Business Council Chairman; Pete Broncho, Council Secretary; Glenn Fisher, Council Sergeant of Arms; Nathan Small, Council Vice Chairman. Photo by NWS Karrie Schmidt.

Glade County, FL, Renewal, October 2008, from left: Angie Snow, Glades County Emergency Management Director, Rob Molleda, WFO Miami Warning Coordination Meteorologist, and Tosha Reiss, Glades County Emergency Management Administrative Assistant.

Blaine County, ID, October 2009, from left: Angenie McCleary, County Commissioner; Rick Dittmann, NWS Pocatello, ID, Meteorologist-in-Charge; Tom Bowman, Blaine County Commissioner Chairman; Gene Ramsey, County Deputy Sheriff; Larry Schoen, County Commissioner; Mike McNeil, Ketchum Assistant Police Chief; Cory Lyman, Ketchum Police Chief; Chuck Turner, County Emergency Services Coordinator; Bob Greenlaw, County Emergency Communications Director. Photo by NWS WCM Vernon Preston.

Lincoln County, TN, September 2009, from left: Kathy Hovis, Lincoln County EMA; Peggy Bevels, Mayor; Mike Hall, EMA; Tim Troutman, WFO, Huntsville, AL, WCM; Gwen Shelton, Fayetteville, TN, Mayor; Brent Morse, Tennessee State EMA.

Juniata and Chester Counties, Williamsport, and Carlisle Barracks, September 200, from left: MIC Gary Szatkowski, NWS Mt. Holly, NJ; Teresa O’Neal, Juniata County Commissioner; Allen Weaver, Juniata County EMC;
Karl Mehn, Chester County Deputy EMC; Neil Lovekin, Chester County
Emergency Operations; Bruce Budd, MIC, NWS State College, PA; Dean Heinbach,
Fire Chief, Williamsport; Tom Swiggart, Assistant Fire Chief, Williamsport; Robert French, Director, Pennsylvania EMA; LTC Sergio Dickerson, Carlisle Barracks
Garrison Commander; Barry Farquhar, Director of Plans and Security, Carlisle Barracks; Barry Shughart, Force Protection Anti-terrorism Officer, Carlisle Barracks.

Malibu, CA, September 2008, from left: Mark Jackson,Meteorologist In Charge, NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard, and Brad Davis, Malibu Emergency Services Coordinators.

Bedford, VA, September 2008, from left: Phil Hysell, Warning Coordination Meteorologist NWS Blacksburg; David Wert, NWS Meteorologist In Charge; William Crumpacker, Bedford Emergency Manager; and Stan Crigger, Virginia Department of Emergency Management Region 6 Director.

Ogemaw County, MI,September 2008, from left: Warning Coordination Meteorologist Jim Keysor, NWS Gaylord, MI, and Greg Clark, Emergency Manager of Ogemaw County.

Federal Way, WA,September 2008, from left: NWS Seattle MIC Brad Colman; Federal Way EM Coordinator Ray Gross; Federal Way Councilmembers Jim Ferrell and Linda Kochmar; Mayor Jack Dovey; Councilmembers Dini Duclos and Jeanne Burbidge; and EM Director Cary Roe

Hillsboro, WI, September 2008, from left: Thomas Hotek, Hillsboro Emergency Manager, and Mayor Alan Pincha.

Amherst, NY, September 2008, from left: Thomas Niziol, MIC, NWS Buffalo, NY; James Zymanek, Amherst Director of Emergency Services and Safety; Dominic Creamer, Coordinator, Amherst Emergency Services and Safety; Judith Levan, WCM, NWS Buffalo, NY.

Crawford County, AR, September 2008, from left: NWS Tulsa, OK, WCM Ed Calianese; Emergency Management Director Dennis Gilstrap; Emergency Management Deputy Director Steven Gann; Mulberry Fire Chief Tim Oldham; and Tulsa MIC Steven Piltz.

Fayetteville, TN, Utilities, August 2008: NWS recognized the Fayettesville Public Utilities as a StormReady Supporter at a ceremony on August 28 in Fayetteville, Tennessee.

Branch County, MI, August 2008, from left. Michael Lewis, WCM; Michigan Senator Cameron Brown; Larry Camp, WB8R, RACES Officer; Mike Sabones, MIC; Tim Miner, Branch County EM Coordinator;
Kurt Spalding, Branch County 911 Director; Norman Heinemann, Jerry Hubbard, County Commissioners and
Bud Norman, Branch County Administrator

Johnson County, AR, August 2008, from left: John Hicks, Community Affairs Specialist for U.S. Senator Blanche L. Lincoln; State Representatives John Paul Wells and George Overbey; Josh Johnston, Johnson County Emergency Manager; Renee Fair, Meteorologist-in-Charge, WFO Little Rock; Johnson County Judge Mike Jacobs. Photo by John Robinson, WCM, WFO Little Rock

Blair County, PA, August 2008, from left: Bruce Budd, Meteorologist-in-Charge, NWS State College, PA; Gary Dennis, Director, Office of Emergency Management; Diane Meling, Commissioner; Karin Givler, Office of Emergency Management; Terry Tomassetti, President Commissioner; and Donna Gority, Commissioner.

Edmunds County, SD, August 2008, from left: Jason Forrest, Northeast Regional Coordinator for SD Dept of Emergency Management (EM); James Scarlett, MIC, WFO Aberdeen; Leland Treichel, Edmunds County EM: and Jeffery Aman, Chairman, Edmunds County Commission.

Salt River Project, AZ, August 2008, from left: Ed Copp,Manager, Business Continuity Management; David Rousseau, SRP Vice President; Ken Waters, WCM, NWS, Phoenix; Richard Hayslip, Associate General Manager, Environmental, Human Resources, Land, Risk Management & Telecom.

Robertson County, TN, August 2008, from left. Robertson County EMA Director R.L. Douglas and Will Jones. Photo by WCM Jerry Orchanian, NWS Nashville, TN.

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York County, PA, August 2008, from left: Bruce Budd, Meteorologist-in-Charge, NWS State College, PA; Kay Carman,
Director, Office of Emergency Management; Steve Chronister, President Commissioner; Christopher Reilly, Vice-President Commissioner; and Doug Hoke, Commissioner.

Carrollton, TX, July 2008 from left front: Fire Chief John Murphy; Honorable Ronald F. Branson, Mayor; Bill Bunting, WFO Fort Worth, MIC; Joe Ellis, Emergency Management Specialist. Back Row: City Attorney Clay Hutchins; Councilmen Jim Hayden and John Mahalik

Florida Atlantic University, July 2008, from left: Sharlene Sookhoo, FAU Emergency Management Coordinator, Tom Donaudy, Vice President of FAU Division of Facilities, and NWS Miami WCM Robert Molleda.

San Juan County, NM, July 2008, from left: EM Coordinator Don Cooper; County County Commissioners Ervin Chavez, GloJean Todacheene and Keith Johnson;
County Floodplain Manager Michele Truby-Tillen; County Commissioner James Henderson; County Chief Executive Officer Keith Johns; NWS Albuquerque MIC Shawn Bennett.

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Orange County, CA, June 2008, TsunamiReady, from left back: Jeremy Kirchner, Dana Point; Todd DeVoe, Seal Beach; Tim Olsen, Seal Beach;Batallion Chief Bob Brown and Brevyn Mettler, Huntington Beach; Ted Falencki, Laguna Beach; Mike Rose, Dana Point. Front: Gordon A. Shanks, Seal Beach; Charles J. Antos, Seal Beach; Mayor Joel Bishop, Dana Point; Glorria Morrison, Huntington Beach; Katie Eing, Newport Beach); Scott Diederich, Laguna Beach; Vicki Osborn and Donna Boston, Orange County; Ed Clark, NWS-San Diego. kneeling, Jim Purpura, NWS-San Diego.

Supporter: Loris, SC, Community Hospital, July 2008, from left: Hazmat Team Leader Ken Boren and NWS WCM Steve Pfaff show the new sign while the Loris Community Hazmat Team looks on.

Paris, MO, July 2008, from left: MIC Wes Browning (not pictured) presented the StormReady signs to Mayor Russell Peterson and Assistant EMA Director Eric Heitmeyer.

Baca County, CO, June 2008, from left: Peter Dawson, County Commissioner; Riley Frazee, Director, Baca County Division of Emergency Management;
Glen Ausmus, Troy Crane, County Commissioners.

FSU Ringling Center for Cultural Arts: June 2008, Nick Petro, Senior Forecaster, WFO Tampa Bay; Russell Pillifant, Chief of Facilities Operations; Mitch Ladewski, Safety & Security Coordinator; Dr. John Wetenhall, Executive Director; Brian LaMarre, MIC, WFO Tampa Bay; and Sandy Rief, Chair, Ringling Board of Directors

Schoharie County, NY, June 2008, from left: Gene Auciello, MIC; Judith Warner, Emergency Manager; Amy Markowitz, Emergency Management Coordinator; Brian Montgomery, Senior Forecaster.

Spring Creek, NV, May 2008, from left: Steven Ippoliti, Forecaster, WFO Elko; Pam Borda, Spring Creek Association (SCA) President; Kevin Baker, MIC; Jeff Savadel, WCM; and SCA Board Members Lance Dean, Terry Lister, Bob Collyer, Dena Hartley, Peg Bergman and Bob McGinty.

Valdez, AK, May 2008, from left: Mark Roberts, Alaska DHS and EM; Sam Albanese, WCM WFO Anchorage; John Madden, Director, Alaska DHS and EM;
John Hozey, Valdez City Manager; Erv Petty, Alaska DHS and EM; Laura Furgione, Director, Alaska Region NWS; Bob Hopkins, MIC WFO Anchorage; Paul Whitmore, Director, West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center; Debra Elliott, OIC WSO Valdez; George Keeney, Valdez Fire Chief

Siena Heights University. May 2008, from left: Rich Pollman, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, WFO Detroit/Pontiac; Peter Ossmann, Assistant Director of Public Safety, Siena Heights University; Sister Peg Albert, President of Siena Heights University.

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Wichita Falls, TX, School District, May 2008, from left: Rick Smith, WCM, Norman, OK; Wanda Jackson, Principal, Hirschi High School; Troy Farris, Assistant Principal, Hirschi High School

Fresno, CA, February 2008, from left: James Brotherton, WCM, Hanford, CA; Steve Mendenhall, MIC; Rainer Streib, Fresno Emergency Services Coordinator; and Andy Souza, Fresno City Manager.

Laguna Beach, CA, TsuanmiReady and StormReady,May 2008, from left: Ted Falencki, Laguna Beach Police Department; Jim Purpura, MIC, WFO San Diego; and Laguna Beach Mayor Jane Egly.

Page County, VA, April 2008, from left: NWS Baltimore-Washington WCM Chris Strong and Gene Stewart, Emergency Services Coordinator.

Arlington, VA, April 2008, from left: Bruce Hopkins, VA Department of Emergency Management/VDEM, Regional Coordinator; WCM Chris Strom, NWS Sterling, VA; Bonnie Regan and Danny Bingham, Deputy Coordinators; and Bob Griffin, Director of Emergency Management, Arlington.

Supporter: General Electric, April 2008, from left front: David Terry, GE Safety; Tom Rossi, Plant Manager; Mike Coyne, MIC, WFO Huntsville; Tim Troutman, WCM, WFO Huntsville; Ron Gird, NWS Outreach Manager; Bonnie Jenkins, GE; Back: GE safety group: Jeff Pace, Charles Crayton, Sam Dietz and Danny Province.

Carroll County, IA, April 2008, from left: Bob Goldhammer, International Association of Emergency Managers and Derek White, EMA Director for Carroll County, IA.

Lawrence County, KY, April 2008, from left: Alan Rezek, MIC, Charleston, WV; Harold Slone, County Emergency Director; Ted Preston, Mayor of Louisa, KY; and David Compton, Judge Executive Lawrence County, KY. Photo Fred McMullen, Meteorologist, Charleston , WV.

Roane County, TN, April 2008, from left: Gary Ellis, Director, Tennessee EMA-East Region; Bobby Collier, County Commissioner; Mike Farmer, County Executive; William H. "Howie" Rose, Director, Roane County EMA; George Mathews, MIC, WFO Morristown, TN.

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Supporter: Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, April 2007, from left: Andrea Lammers, StormReady Program Associate, NWS Louisville; Jim Maczko, StormReady Program Leader, NWS Louisville; Joe Sullivan, NWS WCM; John Gordon, NWS MIC; Andy Michaelree, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Park President; Mike Sutt, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Safety & Risk Management Coordinator; Kevin Washam Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Director of In-Park Operations.

Arlington, VA, April 2008, from left: Bruce Hopkins, VA Department of Emergency Management/VDEM, Regional Coordinator; WCM Chris Strom, NWS Sterling, VA; Bonnie Regan and Danny Bingham, Deputy Coordinators; and Bob Griffin, Director of Emergency Management, Arlington.

Supporter: General Electric, April 2008, from left front: David Terry, GE Safety; Tom Rossi, Plant Manager; Mike Coyne, MIC, WFO Huntsville; Tim Troutman, WCM, WFO Huntsville; Ron Gird, NWS Outreach Manager; Bonnie Jenkins, GE; Back: GE safety group: Jeff Pace, Charles Crayton, Sam Dietz and Danny Province.

Carroll County, IA, April 2008, from left: Bob Goldhammer, International Association of Emergency Managers and Derek White, EMA Director for Carroll County, IA.

Lawrence County, KY, April 2008, from left: Alan Rezek, MIC, Charleston, WV; Harold Slone, County Emergency Director; Ted Preston, Mayor of Louisa, KY; and David Compton, Judge Executive Lawrence County, KY. Photo Fred McMullen, Meteorologist, Charleston , WV.

Roane County, TN, April 2008, from left: Gary Ellis, Director, Tennessee EMA-East Region; Bobby Collier, County Commissioner; Mike Farmer, County Executive; William H. "Howie" Rose, Director, Roane County EMA; George Mathews, MIC, WFO Morristown, TN.

see caption below Supporter: Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, April 2007, from left: Andrea Lammers, StormReady Program Associate, NWS Louisville; Jim Maczko, StormReady Program Leader, NWS Louisville; Joe Sullivan, NWS WCM; John Gordon, NWS MIC; Andy Michaelree, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Park President; Mike Sutt, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Safety & Risk Management Coordinator; Kevin Washam Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom Director of In-Park Operations.

Half Moon Bay, CA, April 2008, from left: Mayor Bonnie McClung and San Francisco WCM Dave Soroka. Photo by Don O'Keefe, Police Chief.

Renewal: Nassau County, FL, March 2008, from left: Scott West, Nassau EMA; Commissioner Marianne Marshall, Chairperson, Nassau County BOCC; Al Sandrik, WCM, NWS WFO Jacksonville, FL; Nancy Freeman, Director, Nassau County EMA

Seal Beach, CA, March 2008, from left: Ed Clark, WCM, San Diego; Tim Olson, Sergeant, Seal Beach Police; and Todd De Voe, Emergency Services Coordinator, Seal Beach.

College Station, TX, March 2008, from left: Fire Chief R.B. Alley, Mayor Ben White, Warning and Coordination Meteorologist Gene Hafele, Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Hilton, Staff Assistant Amy Zaragoza, and Assistant Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Brumfield

Hershey Entertainment Complex, March 2008, from left: Jay Robertson, Complex EM Director; Brandon Braughler, StormReady Program Coordinator, Hershey; Matthew Bennett, Emergency Program Support, Hershey; Bruce Budd, MIC, NWS State College, PA; and Fern Harmon, State EMA, Central Area Director.

Supporter: Huntsville Utilities, March 2008, from left: Mike Coyne, Meteorologist in Charge, WFO Huntsville; Bill Pippin, President, Huntsville Utilities.

Captiva Island, FL, March 2008, from left: Debbie Wells, Ann Bradley, Jeff McDermott, Commissioner Bob Janes, Phyllis Gibson, Doris Holzheimer, Kelsey Angstadt, Joe Poppalardo, Beth Oden and Sherrill Simms.

Supporter: Tybee Island, GA, February 2008, from left: Jon Jelsema, Forecaster NWS Charleston, SC; Jimmy Brown, Emergency Manager of Tybee Island; and Jason Buelterman, Tybee Island Mayor.

Supporter: John Deere Company, February 2008. The National Weather Service office in the Quad Cities honored Deere & Company World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois as a StormReady Supporter at a ceremony on February 15, 2008 at Deere & Company World Headquarters.

Lake County, MT, and the Flathead Tribes, February 2007, from left: Peter Felsch, WCM, NWS Missoula, MT; Dan McGowan, Montana Disaster and Emergency Services Director and Bruce Bauck, MIC (far right) presented Lake County representatives of DES, County Commissioners, Mayors of Polson,
Ronan, St. Ignatius and Flathead Tribes, and DES with certificates and StormReady road signs.

Clovis, CA, January 2008, from left: Chad Fitzgerald, Clovis Disaster Services Supervisor; Bob Whalen, Mayor; Steve Mendenhall, MIC of NWS Hanford, CA; James Brotherton, WCM of NWS Hanford, CA. Photo by Met Intern Chris Stachelski.

O'Fallon, IL, January 2008, from left at O'Fallon City Hall: John Betten, Director of Public Safety; Jon Nolan, Engineering Project Manager; Gary Graham, Mayor: and Jim Kramper, WCM, St. Louis, MO.

Atascosa County, TX , January 2008, from left to right: Country Commissioner Freddie Ogden, Commissioner Weldon Cude, Atascosa County Judge Diana Bautista, Emergency Manager Chuck Garris, WFO Austin/San Antonio Meteorologist In Charge Joe Arellano, Commissioner William "Bill" Torans and Commissioner David Caballero.

Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, January 2008, from left: Justin Weaver, MIC, NWS Lubbock; Jody James, WCM, NWS Lubbock; Dr. Jon Whitmore, President, Texas Tech University; Dr. John Baldwin, President, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center.

Gilchrist County, FL, renewal, January 2008, from left: County Commissioner Randy Durden, Chief Carlos Perez; Emergency Management Chief Ron Mills; Chairman Tommy Langford, NWS Jacksonville, FL, WCM Al Sandrick; Commissioner Kenrick Thomas; Vice Chairman Sharon Langford; Commissioner D. Ray Harrison.

Bastrop County, TX, November 2007,
from left: Bastrop County Commissioner; Joe Arellano, MIC NWS Austin/San Antonio; Mike Fisher, EMC Bastrop County; Ron McDonald, County Judge Bastrop County; and Bastrop County Commissioners.

Teton County, WY, January 2008, from left: Jason Biermann, Teton County Emergency Manager; Kevin Lynott, Meteorologist in Charge, NWS Riverton; Bill Murrell, StormReady Program Leader NWS Riverton; Rich Ochs, Teton County Deputy Emergency Manager.

Hot Springs County, WY, January 2008, from left: Rep Lorraine Quarberg, Wyoming House District 28; Kevin Lynott, MIC NWS Riverton; Bill Gordon, Hot Springs County EM; Brad Basse, County Commissioner; Pam Buline, Field Rep for U.S. Senator John Barrasso; Senator Gerald Gies, Wyoming Senate District 20; Dr. Frank Manning; County Commissioner; Joe Moore, Director of Wyoming Office of Homeland Security; Bill Murrell, StormReady Program Leader NWS Riverton.