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Show B6 Wednesday, November 8, 2006 Vernal Express Extra wmmmMMfflmmmmttimm Long-time weather observers honored Co?," 1 I IVJ Si) V- L "iZ-t aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa - as National Weather Service (NWS) officials recognized Uintah County's StormReady status (I to r) Jeremy Raymond (Uintah County Fire Marshal and Emergency Manager), Marsha Perry (StormReady project assistant), Jim Pringle (Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Grand Junction NWS office), Jeff Colton (Grand Junction NWS), Doug Crowley (Meteorologist-ln-Charge, Grand Junction NWS office), Mechelle Miller (deputy Uintah County Fire Marshal and assistant as-sistant emergency manager), Uintah County Commissioner Mike McKee, and Vernal Mayor Allan Mashburn. Uintah County recognized for being StormReady At a ceremony last Wednesday, Wednes-day, Uintah County was recognized recog-nized as being "StormReady." Members of the National Oceanic Oce-anic and Atmospheric Administration Admin-istration (NOAA) came from Grand Junction to present the award. Uintah County is only the third county in Utah to be "StormReady" This program, which is through the National Weather Service helps guard communities against natural disasters. The program was started in 1999 in Oklahoma and has spread across the country. Communication Com-munication and safety skills needed to handle natural disasters di-sasters are a large part of the program. "StormReady communities com-munities are better prepared to save lives from the onslaught of severe weather through better planning, education, and awareness. aware-ness. No community is storm proof, but StormReady can help communities save lives," reports the National Weather Service. In order to be designated as a StormReady community, Uintah county has purchased 50 NOAA radios and have placed them in all public and government buildings including schools, government offices, and some day care facilities. Radios have also been placed in remote areas ar-eas like Ouray, and Simplot. The county also had to have a weather plan put in place and inspected by National Weather Service. When talking about the importance im-portance of being StormReady, Fire Marshall Jeremy Raymond said it was important for the county because there are a lot of weather emergencies in the county. Being StormReady will help officials combat the effects of natural disasters better. Last Wednesday, two Basin weather observers were honored hon-ored for their service. Raymon Bascom, who lives up Dry Fork Canyon, and Earl Hawkins who lives in Roosevelt were both recognized rec-ognized for serving as National Weather Service observers for 20 years. As a weather observer, the temperature and precipitation must be measured each day, with reports sent in each month. The position is done on a completely volunteer basis. "I just do it for the fun of it," said Bascom. Each man was presented with a certificate and patch for their service. "It's been neat to keep track of the weather," said Bascom. "I'll do it for as long as I can." Bascom said it is interesting to see the changes in weather. He said it is usually about five degrees de-grees warmer up Dry Fork during dur-ing the winter and five degrees cooler during the summer than the temperatures in Vernal. Bascom said over the time he's been doing weather observing, observ-ing, the most precipitation he's ever recorded was 2.1 inches during a 24-hour period. Every time it rains over half an inch weather observers must call in a report to Grand Junction. This allows the NWS to be able to follow fol-low weather patterns and know where rain is heading. The measurements are used along with information from 11,700 other volunteer weather observers around the country in research on global warming and climate systems. It also alerts weather forecasters of climate trends and changes in a region. Hawkins was recognized for 20 years of service as a weather observer by Doug Crowley, meteorologist-in-charge for the National Weather Service office in Grand Junction. Bascom, who was recognized for his service, shows the weather station in his backyard where he checks the temperature every day. is?' Sit., Rod t Kathy Harrison TwrySBJ Chuck's Meat Ed Peterson RuhMMt J.P. 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