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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — During large weather events, real-time alerts can be life-saving; but until recently, in Middle Tennessee, those notifications from the Nashville office of the National Weather Service have only been in English.
To reach a wider audience and vulnerable communities, the Nashville office of the National Weather Service has started posting their safety messages on social media in Spanish, with hopes of expanding their outreach to the Spanish-speaking community in the future.
“This has been a push for the National Weather Service to address communities of need or vulnerable communities as we call them. And this could include a language barrier, it could include, the type of housing you live in, it could include your age group,” said Nashville’s National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Ryan Husted.
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According to the most recent US Census, 10.8% of Nashville’s population is Hispanic or Latino.