By Alex Lane - The National Weather Service in Sacramento will be conducting weather spotter training for Amador County residents today, Thursday, October 9th. The training will enable interested citizens to be become volunteers for Project SKYWARN, which helps keep local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service relies on visual observations from spotters to provide critical information that would otherwise not be available to forecasters. The training is free and will take place between 6 PM and 8 PM at the County Administration Building, located in Jackson, at 810 Court Street, in conference room “C”. This training is co-sponsored by the Amador County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services and the Amador Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group. Members of the public are welcome to attend. For more information on disaster preparedness, contact the Amador County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services at 223-6384.
Thursday, 09 October 2008 00:10
Weather Spotter Training Tonight
By Alex Lane - The National Weather Service in Sacramento will be conducting weather spotter training for Amador County residents today, Thursday, October 9th. The training will enable interested citizens to be become volunteers for Project SKYWARN, which helps keep local communities safe by providing timely and accurate reports of severe weather to the National Weather Service. The National Weather Service relies on visual observations from spotters to provide critical information that would otherwise not be available to forecasters. The training is free and will take place between 6 PM and 8 PM at the County Administration Building, located in Jackson, at 810 Court Street, in conference room “C”. This training is co-sponsored by the Amador County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services and the Amador Amateur Radio Emergency Service Group. Members of the public are welcome to attend. For more information on disaster preparedness, contact the Amador County Sheriff’s Office of Emergency Services at 223-6384.
