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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Maryland Emergency Management Agency, Partners Prepare for Upcoming Atlantic Hurricane Season

REISTERSTOWN, Md. – The Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and many local and state partners prepared for the upcoming hurricane season at a day-long seminar today. The event included sessions on economic recovery, hurricane preparedness efforts by businesses, and management of donations and volunteers following a devastating storm.

“While the last two hurricane seasons have been relatively quiet, we all remember the devastation from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, especially in the New York City area and on Maryland’s lower eastern shore,” said MEMA Executive Director Clay Stamp. “It’s important for us to always be prepared because even in a quiet hurricane season, just one hurricane making landfall in our area can be devastating.”

Attendees also heard a presentation from Chris Strong of the National Weather Service Baltimore/Washington Field Office, which included an update on awareness products, such as alert systems and briefing packages. MEMA staff followed this by discussing new geographic information systems (GIS) tools for hurricane damage assessment following a storm.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking maybe MEMA better turn their focus to the inevitable burning of Baltimore and preparations for that.
Every day case against officer is falling apart.
Now Mosby is saying that the arrest of Gray wasn't illegal because of the knife, but that they had actually arrested him before they found the knife.
What more can be said other than Affirmative Action at it's Finest.