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Residents press Long Beach council on storm warnings, sirens and NOAA cuts; county and state systems cited as backups
Summary
At public comment during the July 15 meeting residents urged the city to explain evacuation and notification systems after reported federal weather-agency cuts. City emergency staff said Nassau County and New York State systems provide alternate weather information and that the city uses email alerts, robocalls and police public-address checks.
Several Long Beach residents used public comment at the July 15 City Council meeting to press city officials about the city’s readiness for severe weather and methods for alerting residents, expressing concern about reported staffing and budget cuts at the National Weather Service and the possibility of losing federal support.
Resident Eileen Hesch asked whether Long Beach would be affected if the National Weather Service reduced operations and whether FEMA remained in place; the council directed the question to the city’s emergency-management staff. Scott Kemmons, the official identified at the meeting as the likely contact on these matters, said Long Beach relies on a chain of notifications through Nassau County and the New York State Office of Emergency Management, and those offices have independent monitoring systems and can provide weather information to the city. “There are other avenues in place…
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