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Airport Wins Award
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Airport Director Robert Duncan, Health and Safety Manager Trisha Sqrow,
Ryan Maxfield, Operations Director Michael Medvescek, NOAA Meteorologist
in Charge Daniel McCarthy, and Warning Coordination Meteorologist David
Tucek
Photo by Jay Thompson |
(posted Feb 21)
Indianapolis International is only the second airport in the nation to
be awarded the StormReady designation by the National Weather Service. StormReady communities meet
a series of guidelines that provide a high level of preparation, warning
and reaction to severe weather events. National Weather Service meteorologists
made the presentation at the airport's operation center on Feb 18.
Hamilton, Johnson and Marion counties in central Indiana are among the
20 counties with StormReady designations in the state. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a StormReady partner. StormReady communities
are required to have a 24 hour warning point, Emergency Operations Center,
warning dissemination systems and community preparedness programs in order
to receive the award.
The StormReady program is credited with saving the lives of more than 50
people in Ohio in 2002 when a tornado destroyed a movie theater shortly
after the theater staff moved parents and children watching a movie into
interior halls and restrooms. The storm, which killed 35, was strong enough
that cars were thrown into the screen and front rows of seats that had
been occupied minutes earlier.
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