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Auburn emergency manager urges residents to prepare for wetter, windier winter; CERT classes and drills ramp up
Summary
Auburn27s emergency manager, Matthew Kolpitz, told listeners that a weak La NiF1a signal this winter could bring wetter, colder conditions and more windstorms, and he urged residents to assemble two-week supplies, keep a go-bag ready and participate in community preparedness programs such as CERT and the Great ShakeOut drill.
Matthew Kolpitz, the city of Auburn27s emergency manager, used the city27s Auburn on Main podcast to urge residents and businesses to prepare for a potentially wetter, colder winter and an elevated risk of windstorms and power outages.
Kolpitz said meteorologists are seeing a weak La NiF1a signal that tends to bring wetter, colder conditions. "Late October through December is a good good time for us to be prepare for windstorms and the accompanying issues like power outages," he said, stressing that the Pacific-influenced weather patterns make precise forecasting harder than in other U.S. regions.
The nut of Kolpitz27s preparedness guidance was practical: assemble both a short "go" kit for immediate evacuation and a larger two-week supply of water, calorie-dense nonperishables and medical items. "Get your go bag ready," Kolpitz advised, adding…
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