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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
600 AM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012

...NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK BEGINS TODAY...

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK WILL BE OBSERVED TODAY THROUGH JUNE 2.
PARTNERS SUCH AS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ALL AGREE THAT PREPAREDNESS IS THE KEY TO 
MINIMIZING PROPERTY DAMAGE AND PREVENTING LOSS OF LIFE. THIS ANNUAL 
EVENT PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF THE NUMEROUS
HAZARDS ASSOCIATED WITH HURRICANES AND RELATED TROPICAL CYCLONES AND 
TO GET PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING HURRICANE SEASON.

HURRICANE SEASON OFFICIALLY BEGINS JUNE 1 AND CONTINUES THROUGH 
NOVEMBER 30...BUT TROPICAL CYCLONES CAN OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT
IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU BECOME FAMILIAR WITH HURRICANE SAFETY
PROCEDURES...EVEN IF YOU LIVE HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM THE COAST SINCE 
TROPICAL CYCLONES CAN POSE A SERIOUS THREAT TO AREAS FAR AWAY FROM THE
IMMEDIATE COAST. ALTHOUGH STORM SURGE IS THE GREATEST THREAT TO LIFE AND 
PROPERTY NEAR THE COAST...HIGH WINDS...TORNADOES AND FLOODING RAINS CAN
IMPACT LOCATIONS WELL INLAND. 

IT IS BEST TO FORMULATE A HURRICANE SAFETY PLAN BEFORE A HURRICANE 
THREATENS. THROUGHOUT THIS WEEK WE WILL HIGHLIGHT IMPORTANT HURRICANE
INFORMATION AND SAFETY TIPS TO HELP YOU THIS HURRICANE SEASON. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE WEB AT THE FOLLOWING 
ADDRESSES /ALL IN LOWERCASE LETTERS/...

NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER...HTTP://NHC.NOAA.GOV/PREPARE 
CHARLESTON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHS/TROPICAL.SHTML

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