We all worked on this together, but thank you especially to Ron Clark for getting this Sarpy event going, KETV for all the great promotion, and Cathy Zapotocny for all those extra handouts with the codes and coverage map.  Thank you to the Emergency Management team, KETV's promotion department, and meteorologists Bill Randby, Chuck McWilliams and John Campbell, NWS Cathy Zapotocny, and AFWA/AMS members Evan Kuchera, John Roth, Steve Rugg, and Becky Selin!  Hy-Vee sold about 200 weather radios during this promotion, and we programmed several radios that people had purchased prior to the event.  Thank you everyone for helping out!  Karen

Hello Folks,

Just a reminder to those who have already volunteered ,and to those
who would like to volunteer, there will be another opportunity to help program the Midland Wx Radio for the public at the Shadow Lake Hy-Vee in Papillion this Saturday, April 26th, from Noon to 4PM. This will coincide
with the Spring Into Safety Fair that is being co sponsored by Kid
Safe an arm of the Sarpy/Cass Health Department and Sarpy County Emergency Management.
http://www.springintosafety.com/curriculum.html


Ron Clark N0POM
Volunteer Communication & Training Coordinator
Sarpy County Nebraska EMA

Timmy the twister T-shirts are available at the following website:

http://www.zazzle.com/timmy_the_twister_shirt-235699339264973173?CMPN=ltt

Proceeds from this sale will go to our chapter's general education fund.

The Weather Explorers Post will be starting up Dec 20 for our kickoff
meeting.  Our next real meeting will be Jan 10 with meetings every
other Thursday after that.  I am looking for people who might be interested
in coming to give a talk to students ages 14-21, about 30 minutes in
length, for our meetings.  Any topic in weather, climatology, space
weather, emergency management is fine.  If you are interested please
let me know what you would like to talk about and when would be a good
date.  We typically meet into the early Summer.  Thanks!

Info about the program:
http://www.learning-for-life.org/exploring/index.html

Derrick

The Omaha-Offutt chapter of the American Meteorological Society is pleased to announce a new forecast contest open to everyone interested in the weather!

Starting next week, our monthly forecast contest, previously open to AMS members only, is changing to a weekly format, with convenient on-line entry forms as well as detailed weekly and season-long results.  And, more importantly, everyone reading this is invited to participate!  Even better, it’s absolutely FREE to play, and there will be prizes awarded. 

To join in the fun, all you have to do is fill out a short registration form.  Visit http://www.mcsittel.com/ams/ today to register.  All registration information is kept private.  On the site you’ll find sample entry forms, complete rules, and examples of the weekly and season-long results tables that will be displayed.

If you have any problems registering, or have any questions, please contact the Forecast Contest Administrator, Matthew Sittel, mcsittel@cox.net.