For Release: 2008-03-24 11:36:00
Spring can be a dangerous season in the Bluegrass State, with higher potential for tornadoes, severe storms, lightning and flooding. To help Kentuckians prepare themselves, KET presents Severe Storms: Being Prepared, a live call-in program hosted by Bill Goodman and featuring an expert panel of severe-weather specialists.During the one-hour program, airing Thursday, April 10 at 9/8 p.m. CT on KET1, viewers can call with their questions and concerns about severe weather. Being prepared and learning more about reliable emergency services can greatly minimize the potential deaths, injuries and economic losses associated with severe weather.
Scheduled guests are:
- General Clay Bailey, director of Kentucky Emergency Management
- Joe Sullivan, warning coordinating meteorologist, Louisville National Weather Service
- Camille Crain, state mitigation officer
- Bill Meck, chief meteorologist WLEX-TV
Severe Storms: Being Prepared is a KET production in partnership with the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Weather Preparedness Committee. Nick Helton is producer. More information about KET programming and education services, as well as how to support KET, can be found at www.ket.org.
Contact: Ellen Soileau
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