{"id":2347,"date":"2011-03-05T12:20:56","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T17:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/noaa-weather-radios-lcc-7-feb-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-05T12:20:56","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T17:20:56","slug":"noaa-weather-radios-lcc-7-feb-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/03\/noaa-weather-radios-lcc-7-feb-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"NOAA Weather Radios, LCC, 7 Feb 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rx7SyyutlXU\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/Rx7SyyutlXU\/default.jpg\"><\/a>\nWe&#8217;ve already heard about NOAA Weather Radios from two different citizens,\n<a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/02\/say-no-to-grants-and-shut-off-debate-on-biomass-nolen-cox-lcc-8-feb-2011.html\">Nolen Cox<\/a>\nand <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/03\/the-learning-curve-is-very-steep-ken-klanicki.html\">Ken Klanicki.<\/a>\nWhat are they talking about?\nAs usual, much of the discussion was in the work session\n(8:30 AM Monday 7 Feb 2011), available here in two parts.\n<p>\nIn\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Rx7SyyutlXU\">\nPart 1<\/a>\nstaff talks about buying about 5,000 NOAA weather radios\nso the citizens can get weather news.\nLow bidder would charge $21.50 per radio.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rx7SyyutlXU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nLowndes County Commission, 7 Feb 2011, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\nIn\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iZPwO8ZAXTg\">\nPart 2<\/a>, staff notes that the grant would require that\nthe radios can&#8217;t be earmarked, so people could come to the\ncounty office to pick up radios, and staff proposes to have\nseveral community events throughout the community, well-advertised,\nfor people to pick up radios and staff to answer questions about them.\n<p>\nOne of the commissioners notes:\n<blockquote>\nThat&#8217;s almost $108,000 tax money\nwhat happens to that grant money if, we say you know,\nit might not be a good idea [&#8230;]\nwhat happens to that?\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<!--more-->\n<blockquote>\nIt would be paid back for another [&#8230;].\nThis money is specifically for [&#8230;] projects.\n<\/blockquote>\nThis time you can see it&#8217;s Commissioner Raines who asks:\n<blockquote>\nIn your expert opinion is this something that would be most helpful\ndo you think that it&#8217;s something that would be vital&#8230;?\n<\/blockquote>\nStaff replies that maybe not most valuable, but another tool,\nand for the price, a good buy.\n<p align=\"center\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZPwO8ZAXTg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<br>\n<center>\n<small>\nLowndes County Commission, 7 Feb 2011, Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia.\n<br>\nVideos by Gretchen Quarterman and John S. Quarterman<br>\nfor LAKE, the Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange.\n<\/small>\n<\/center>\n<p>\nThe marks [&#8230;] indicate I&#8217;m not sure what was said.\nFor better sound and better video, ask the Lowndes County Commission\nto record their own sessions and put them on the web.\nThey already have the equipment; all they have to do is decide to do it.\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s my understanding that the minutes are made from an audio recording\nof the meeting.\nAccording to the\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowndescounty.com\/files\/minutes\/work session 020711 final.pdf\">minutes<\/a>:\n<blockquote>\nNOAA Weather Radios, Purchasing Agent, Lisa Burton, presented the bid,\nstating that Lowndes County had been awarded $107,500.00 in Hazard\nMitigation grant funds for the purchase of 5,000 NOAA weather radios to\nbe distributed free of charge to the citizens of Lowndes County. EMA\nDirector, Ashley Tye, added that the radios would be distributed on a\nfirst come, first served basis throughout the community in an effort\nto put a secondary line of communication in the hands of those that\nmight not be able to go out and purchase a radio. Commissioner Raines\nasked what would happen to the funding if Lowndes County chose not to\naccept it. Mr. Tye replied that since it was hazard mitigation funding\nallocated for local projects, the funds would be assigned to another\ncounty. Commissioner Raines asked Mr. Tye if in his professional opinion,\nthe radios would be helpful. Mr. Tye answered that one of the most\nimportant items a citizen can own with regards to emergency preparedness\nis a NOAA radio. Mr. Tye added that price was usually what kept citizens\nfrom purchasing a radio and this grant would place radios throughout the\ncommunity free of charge. Mr. Tye added that the radios were \u201cone more\ntool in the box\u201d and could be what saves someone\u2019s life.\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\n-jsq\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve already heard about NOAA Weather Radios from two different citizens, Nolen Cox and Ken Klanicki. What are they talking about? As usual, much of the discussion was in the work session (8:30 AM Monday 7 Feb 2011), available here in two parts. 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