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St. Charles Parish emergency operations center conducts exercise as forecasters predict busy hurricane season
Summary
Parish President Jewell said the emergency operations center held a preparedness exercise ahead of an expected active season and urged residents to sign up for SCP alerts.
Parish President Jewell said the parish's emergency operations center held a tabletop exercise using a simulated storm named "Hurricane Palomade" to test departmental preparedness and planning.
Jewell said meteorologists and forecasting groups are predicting a busy hurricane season after June 1 and that each department shared preparations during the exercise. "Meteorologists and the forecasting groups are predicting that it's going to be a busy season," Parish President Jewell said.
Residents were urged to have a personal emergency plan and to sign up for SCP emergency alerts by texting SCP alerts to 888777 or visiting scpemergencyalerts.com. Officials emphasized that the exercise was intended to identify procedures and coordination points ahead of any real storm.
