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Back in R4 at Cobb County EOC for Winter Weather Hazards

Back in Georgia again teaching Winter Weather preparedness today.

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I am fortunate to teach at Cobb County’s Emergency Operations Center. I esp like the sound dampening walls and modular setup. Bonus points on the police museum too.img_0478

Numerous all-hazard agencies represented as participants shared past experiences from previous historic regional ice storms and complex response challenges.

Dynamic class with challenging table top exercise (TTE) with very creative injects.img_0485

I am grateful for the opportunity to teach again in Region-4.

@rusnivek

 

Afternoon briefing with the NWS-Atlanta

I got a chance to stop by the NOAA National Weather Service Atlanta office today.


Trust me, they have a ton of cool stuff.


Because of their large area of responsibility (AOR), their office is one of the largest NWS offices I’ve seen.


Aside from the Southeast River Forecast Center and Aviation Weather, they even have a media briefing room ready to go that is very capable of broadcasting immediate weather information to anyone. Nooice!


The National Weather Service is such an integral part of any operations. Special thanks to the NWS Atlanta’s OPL, AIRMETs, and METs, etc. I’m looking forward to working with many of them in the near future.

@rusnivek

Early voting in Ohio

In Ohio, we are very fortunate to have early voting.
And because I will be out of state in Region 4 on November 8, I decided to vote early today.


Fairly easy process. Free parking too!


I hope every American is participating in the upcoming election by voting.

And yes, you can vote in an Aloha shirt too. Happy #AlohaFriday peeps!

@rusnivek

Everyone is participating in the #DropCoverHoldOn exercise today at 10:20 #ShakeOut

Everyone should be doing #DropCoverHoldOn during today’s Great #ShakeOut national #preparedness effort.

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Great ShakeOut = Thursday 10/20/16 at 10:10am.

Approx 28.5 million people are doing it. Are you?

For more information, check out shakeout.org

@rusnivek

 

More Emergency Management interviews at #IAEM16

It was super fun to interview Jody today at the 2016 International Association of Emergency Management Conference.

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Emergency Management Officer Jody Hodge from the Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency (Alabama)

Why is Jody so awesome?

Yeah, we talked about preparedness, talked about disaster kits, talked about natural disasters…But to close the interview, he said “Aloha y’all!”

Reporting live from #IAEM16

@rusnivek

 

Craig Fugate keynote at #IAEM16

Packed house to listen to FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate here at the 2016 International Association of Emergency Managers annual conference in Savannah.


IMHO, I think it’s going to be “Craig unplugged.”

@rusnivek