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Severe Storms: Being Prepared

aired live April 10, 2008

While everyone looks forward to spring, the warmer temperatures also bring the threat of severe weather: destructive winds, hail, lightning, floods, and tornadoes that can occur with little or no warning. But being informed about reliable emergency services and taking some simple preparedness measures can help you and your family greatly reduce the risk of death, injury, or economic loss because of severe weather. In the annual KET call-in program Severe Storms: Being Prepared, state weather and disaster preparedness experts outline steps you can take and answer specific questions from viewers.

Bill Goodman hosts the hour-long program. His guests for the 2008 edition:

• Gen. Clay Bailey, director of Kentucky Emergency Management
• Joe Sullivan, warning coordinating meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Louisville
• Camille Crain, hazard mitigation officer, Kentucky Emergency Management
• Bill Meck, chief meteorologist at WLEX-TV in Lexington

Severe Storms: Being Prepared, a production of KET in partnership with the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Weather Preparedness Committee, was produced by Nick Helton.

From the Archive

Two past editions of Severe Storms: Being Prepared are available for viewing online:

2007 Program [Windows Media or RealVideo]

Panelists:

• Gen. Clay Bailey, director of Kentucky Emergency Management
• Charlie Frazee, director of Shelby County Emergency Management
• Bill Meck, chief meteorologist at WLEX-TV/Lexington
• Mike Nadolski, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Paducah

2006 Program [Windows Media]

Panelists:

• Wayne Hart, chief meteorologist at WEHT-TV in Evansville
• John Gordon, a National Weather Service meteorologist
• Ricky Shanklin, a warning coordination meteorologist
• Gen. Clay Bailey, director of emergency management for the state of Kentucky

Resources

Kentucky Division of Emergency Management

National Weather Service Forecast Office, Louisville

KET’s Electronic Field Trip to the National Weather Service, a behind-the-scenes tour of the Louisville forecasting center, can be viewed online. The accompanying web pages include a glossary of weather terms and links to more meteorology resources.