APRIL 21, 2008

Indian River County Hurricane Preparedness Day/EOC Open House!  
The Indian River County Board of County Commissioners will be adopting a Resolution declaring 
Saturday, May 31, 2008, Hurricane Preparedness Day.  This effort will kick-off Florida’s 2008 
Hurricane Preparedness Tax Free Holiday, scheduled for the week of June 1–June 7. 
In recognition of Hurricane Preparedness Day, the Indian River County Department of Emergency Services 
will be conducting an Open House at our Emergency Operations Center on 
Saturday, May 31st from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.  There will be a ribbon cutting ceremony, invited dignitaries, 
tours of our facility, and numerous public safety and vendor displays open to the public. 
Tony Carper, Emergency Management Coordinator Indian River County Emergency Management
 Etta LoPresti, Emergency Management PlannerIndian River County Emergency Management
4225 43rd Avenue
Vero Beach, Florida

APRIL 20, 2008

 
The National Weather Service Aware report.  
Below is the link to the latest edition, just posted.
Please send comments, story ideas, etc. to Melody.Magnus@noaa.gov.
 
http://www.weather.gov/os/Aware/pdfs/08spring-aware.pdf

APRIL 18, 2008

Interesting information form the Discovery Channel as to how 

Tornados form and the damage that they can do. 
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/storm-chasers/handbook/handbook.html

 APRIL 10, 2008

Dr. Gray's updated 2008 Hurricane forcast

http://tropical.atmos.colostate.edu./Forecasts/2008/april2008/apr2008.pdf

MARCH 25, 2008

KEY WEST:
Unmanned Drones to Aid Hurricane Forecasting

Please click on the following link:

http://floridatrend.com/article.asp?aID=48698

MARCH 12, 2008

National Weather Service
JetStream - Online School for Weather

http://www.srh.weather.gov/jetstream/index.htm

It's never too early to start and we believe the JetStream Online School for Weather will provide educators, emergency managers, or anyone interested in learning about weather with comprehensive, well-organized, colorfully illustrated curricula designed to help teach about the wonders and dangers that abound in the Earth's atmosphere. Whether you choose the entire package or select from self-contained modules, you will find complete lesson plans and review questions.

Bill Proenza
NWS Southern Region Director

We will be reviewing a different subject from the Jetstream Online School for Weather during the discussion period of our Sunday evening Treasure Coast Weather Nets. Please Join us on the 146.775 St Lucie Repeater Association Repeater(Echolink Node# 146175)at 2100 hrs eastern time.

Stuart / Witham Field Downburst
March 6, 2008

Please go to the following link for NWS information about this event: 

The Treasure Coast Weather Net meets every Sunday night at 9 P.M. on the 146.775 (tone 107.2) St. Lucie Repeater Association repeater which is located on US1 at the Indian River & St. Lucie County line. Everyone is invited to check in with us at that time to practice giving and receiving current weather reports and join in weather related discussions.

In the event of a weather emergency, The Treasure SKYWARN Net will be activated in order to provide needed local weather information to the National Weather Service in Melbourne or any other appropriate agency. The Treasure Coast Weather Network primarily covers the counties of Indian River, St. Lucie as well as other surrounding counties, as needed, on the east coast of Florida.

If you are a ham living or visiting in the Treasure Coast area, we invite you to join the nets.

Quick Links:

National Weather Service Melbourne Florida: www.srh.noaa.gov/mlb/

State of Florida Emergency Management: www.floridadisaster.org/

Indian River County Emergency Management: www.irces.com

St Lucie County Emergency Management: http://co.st-lucie.fl.us/eoc/