According to our weather expert, Tyler Penland, the skies will be sunny and blue, but the weather sirens will be sounding Wednesday at 9:30 am for Severe Weather Preparedness Day.
You might think of Spring as the first round of severe storms, and you would be correct. November often brings the second round of severe weather as temperatures change, and cold fronts meet warm air in the Chattahoochee Valley. Also, bear in mind that Hurricane season doesn’t end until November 30.
The Columbus-Muscogee County Emergency Management and Homeland Security Department, in partnership with the Georgia Emergency Management Agency and the National Weather Service, will participate on November 5th in Georgia’s Severe Weather Preparedness Day. All schools, businesses and individuals are encouraged to take part in a severe weather exercise/tornado drill around 9:30 a.m.
“Severe Weather Preparedness is a great opportunity for our community to create or review their emergency plans and to make sure that we all know what to do should a severe weather strike Columbus,” said Columbus and Muscogee County EMA and Homeland Security Director Chance Corbett. “We encourage residents to have multiple ways to receive alerts and to know in advance where they will seek shelter during a severe weather incident.”…