Boy Scouts to help promote weather radios

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Boy Scouts to help promote weather radios

 

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ABILENE, Texas (AP) Boy Scouts in more than three dozen West Texas counties are using their "Be prepared" trademark motto to educate people on the value of being ready for all types of disasters and having emergency kits handy to respond to all types of warnings from their NOAA weather radios.

 

It's all part of a partnerships between the Texas Trails Council and the Concho Valley Council with the National Weather Service. Representatives of several organizations laid out plans Wednesday for the West Central Texas All Hazards Preparedness Campaign.

 

Kent Brown, the Texas Trails Council's executive director, said the Boys Scouts will help educate the public about the value of the New NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards, which activates when alerts are issued on severe weather as well as things like hazardous spills and Amber Alerts.

 

Carl Wright, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in San Angelo, said the Scouts are helping spread the message about preparedness at churches and schools, among other places. Wright described it as a grass-roots approach to get people interested in being prepared for various types of hazards.

 

Abilene Mayor Norm Archibald, an Eagle Scout, said in a story in the Abilene Reporter-News on Thursday that the widespread distribution of the new radios will enhance Abilene's disaster preparedness efforts. Abilene no longer has an outdoor siren warning system.