{"id":652,"date":"2008-10-19T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T21:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/?p=652"},"modified":"2008-12-13T09:54:54","modified_gmt":"2008-12-13T15:54:54","slug":"governor-proclaims-winter-weather-preparedness-week-in-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/severe-weather\/governor-proclaims-winter-weather-preparedness-week-in-colorado\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor proclaims Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Governor
Governor Bill Ritter has proclaimed the week of October 19th through October 25th as Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Colorado. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Winter weather in Colorado can be an inconvenience but more than that it can be deadly.\u00a0 Emergency preparedness for major winter storms – as well as for other types of severe weather – is an important part of living in a state where conditions can change wildly from one moment to the next.\u00a0 To help raise awareness of the need to be prepared for these occassions, Governor Ritter has proclaimed the week of October 19th to October 25th Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Colorado<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service<\/a> will be issuing Public Information Statements<\/a> each day this week to highlight the dangers of winter weather and how best to be prepared.\u00a0 ThorntonWeather.com will be posting these notices here in our news section to help you be prepared.\u00a0 Please take the time to read and heed these messages – your life could depend on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

From the National Weather Service:<\/p>\n

Public Information Statement
\nNational Weather Service Grand Junction CO
\n600 am MDT Sun Oct 19 2008<\/p>\n

Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Colorado<\/p>\n

Governor Bill Ritter has proclaimed the week of October 19th through October 25th as winter weather preparedness week in Colorado. This is an excellent time for all individuals… families… businesses… schools… and media outlets to review their winter storm preparedness plans. It is especially important for all new arrivals to the state to become familiar with the national weather service watch and warning definitions as well as winter safety procedures.<\/p>\n

Heavy snow in the mountains is important for the ski industry and for filling up reservoirs. However…winter storms also cause travel problems and can result in life threatening conditions.<\/p>\n

The National Weather Service will issue public information statements throughout the week to discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Part 1<\/td>\nWinter travel safety<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part 2<\/td>\nWatches\u2026warnings\u2026and advisories<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part 3<\/td>\nHigh winds<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part 4<\/td>\nWind chill temperatures and hypothermia<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part 5\u00a0<\/td>\nAvalanche safety<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Review\u00a0<\/td>\nWinter Weather Preparedness Week review<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Anyone who needs information on winter storms in Colorado should contact their nearest National Weather Service office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Boulder office<\/td>\n303-494-3210<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grand Junction office<\/td>\n970-243-7007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Goodland Kansas office\u00a0<\/td>\n785-899-7119<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pueblo office…<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0– If you live near Pueblo<\/td>\n719-948-3371<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0– If you live near Colorado Springs<\/td>\n719-573-6846<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0– If you live near Alamosa<\/td>\n719-589-3232<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Jim Pringle
\nWarning coordination meteorologist
\nGrand Junction<\/p>\n

For more information:<\/strong>\u00a0 Colorado Division of Emergency Preparedness – Winter Weather Preparedness Week<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winter weather in Colorado can be an inconvenience but more than that it can be deadly.\u00a0 Emergency preparedness for major winter storms – as well as for other types of severe weather – is an important part of living in a state where conditions can change wildly from one moment to the next.\u00a0 To help … Continue reading Governor proclaims Winter Weather Preparedness Week in Colorado<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,4,7],"tags":[97,99,83,98],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=652"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":686,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652\/revisions\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thorntonweather.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}