3/6-12/2005 is Severe Weather Awareness Week.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AUSTIN/SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
600 AM CST SUN MAR 06 2005

...GOVERNOR RICK PERRY HAS PROCLAIMED THE WEEK OF MARCH 6 THROUGH 12...2005...AS SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN TEXAS...

IN HIS MESSAGE TO TEXANS...GOVERNOR PERRY NOTED THAT SPRING AND SUMMER ARE PERIODS WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS ESPECIALLY PRONE TO STRIKE. HE EMPHASIZED THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO TRAIN THE PUBLIC ON PROPER SAFETY STEPS IN PREPARATION FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN.

ECHOING THE GOVERNORS CONCERN...JACK COLLEY...STATE COORDINATOR OF THE GOVERNOR'S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...URGED THAT EVERYONE (WORK TOGETHER TO DELIVER MESSAGES ON SAFETY AND PREPAREDNESS TO OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WILL HELP WHETHER WE ARE DEALING WITH TORNADOES OR HURRICANES...CHEMICAL SPILLS... INDUSTRIAL DISASTERS OR EVEN INCIDENTS INVOLVING HOMELAND SECURITY.

DURING SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...IN COORDINATION WITH THE GOVERNOR'S DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS...WILL HIGHLIGHT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND THEIR SAFETY RULES. SPECIAL PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED EACH DAY AS INDICATED BY THE FOLLOWING LIST. NEWSPAPERS AND SAFETY ORGANIZATIONS CAN HELP PROMOTE AWARENESS BY PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTING SAFETY RULES. THE BROADCAST MEDIA CAN HELP TO GET THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

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