January 2017
MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Good morning, Fires were minimal Sunday which was a good thing. Keep an eye out for smoke or fire and if you see anything, REPORT IT, A.S.A.P. Other than this, keep your coats out as we will cool down by mid-week with several fronts that will traverse the area. No precip to be concerned with right now so get outside and enjoy the warmer weather while you can. Now [...]
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT We had a few fires yesterday afternoon that burned large areas in a short amount of time in which low humidity and strong winds were involved. Today will be no different but could be a little worse. PLEASE, NO CONTROLLED BURNS today and don’t throw cigarette butts out of the windows. All it takes is a spark and the rest is history. If you see smoke or a fire, call [...]
SATURDAY, JANUARY 28, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WOW!! This is the last Saturday in January!! The weather looks to be good for the next 7 days or so keeping in mind that we could see a little change later next week. For now, get outside, out of the wind, and enjoy. Soak in some sunshine. Remember, it’s actually good for you as I stated earlier this week. One more thing, be extremely careful with anything related to [...]
FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Good morning, The railroad underpass in Fairmont on 114th is open to car and pickup traffic only. The underpass is CLOSED TO ALL SEMI TRUCK TRAFFIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. Repairs are not totally complete yet and workers will be back this up and coming week to complete the repairs. There was a structure fire in Lahoma yesterday afternoon where firefighters from Lahoma, Drummond, and Hillsdale-Carrier responded. Firefighters were able to extinguish [...]
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT NOTICE: 114TH STREET ON THE SOUTH END OF FAIRMONT AT THE RAILROAD BRIDGE WILL BE CLOSED TODAY FOR REPAIRS. WE’LL ADVISE WHEN IT RE-OPENS. I had quite a few comments on my post from yesterday. Thank you to those that took the time to click the link and read yesterday’s blog post. Yes, it was long but most folks agreed with me. There were several who didn’t and here is something [...]
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POWER OUTAGE=FRUSTRATION By Mike Honigsberg, Director When was the last time there was a power outage that affected you? Were you at home, at work, at an eating establishment, the post office, the doctor’s office, the grocery store, the vet with your pet, hmm, that rhymes. You can be driving in traffic around town and suddenly the traffic signals fail even though there are backups, it can still occur. What if [...]
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 7PM THIS EVENING. Winds are expected to be west-southwest 20-30 mph with higher gusts. Humidity will be between 15-25%. High temps upper 60’s to mid70’s. A wind advisory is also in effect. Today is a great day to NOT BURN ANYTHING!! That said, here is your forecast from the NWS/NORMAN; [...]
MONDAY, JANUARY 23, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Let the winds blow, will be the theme for this week. Tuesday looks to be the really windy day, 15-25 with higher gusts, so for the most part, winds will average 5-15 mph the rest of the week. Along with the winds, the FIRE DANGER will be going up too. Tuesday looks to be the most critical day so be extremely careful using anything related to fire. Rainfall looks [...]
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Good morning, Again today, not too much to discuss other than we have light rain ongoing this morning and is forecast to be out of here by noon or so. Hopefully today, we'll see the sun! The FIRE DANGER will be increasing this week so keep that in mind. The foliage all around right now is dead as most are aware. All it takes is a spark when humidity [...]
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT The Storm Prediction Center has placed us in a General Thunderstorm Risk area for later today. Severe storms are not expected. If storms occur, expect possibly heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and lightning. Confidence isn’t real high but they are possible. Today looks to be a good day temperature wise and so get out and enjoy it. Winds could be a bit gusty so keep that in mind. Overall, a great [...]
FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHORT AND SWEET ONCE AGAIN—HERE IS YOUR FORECAST FROM THE NWS/NORMAN; Friday-Areas of fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 63. East wind 6 to 11 mph becoming southwest 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Friday Night-Mostly clear, with a low around 35. West southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts [...]
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT POWER OUTAGES=FRUSTRATION. What can you do to prevent this in the event you lose power? I have talked about the answer for many years and a lot of folks just don’t listen. It falls into what we call PREPAREDNESS. I will talk about this in deeper detail after I write the story. It will be posted here next week and on my blog. Speaking of the blog, I have [...]
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Good morning, The subscriber database has been deleted. I did this today because of all the spam email addresses that have been added. I can't spend hours on end deleting these. Folks will have to just go to the website and read the blog. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR OUR BLOG UNTIL THIS IS ALL UPDATED. HOPEFULLY, THE UPDATE WILL OCCUR SOON. That said, we will be testing our [...]
TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Good morning, Power is still out in and around the Woodward area. I don’t have accurate totals right now but keep those folks in your thoughts. We could have been in the same boat had we had strong winds so I consider us very lucky. That said we had a great melting system after the ice event as we received around 2-3 inches of rain around the region. In some [...]
MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Some ice came, some rain came, and hopefully the sun will TRY to shine sometime today. Overall we faired ok through the winter storm. There were a few outages and they were dealt with pretty quick. The worst was out west so keep those folks in mind as OGE folks and contractors work to get power restored. Winds played a big factor all through the area as there was quite a [...]
SUNDAY, JANUARY 15, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Good morning, I have measured ¼ inch of ice here on the west side of town. The saving grace of this is the fact that we are at 31 degrees and the temperature will slowly rise and the NUMBER 1 thing is that there is virtually NO WIND. We have been pretty lucky all weekend and I am ok with that. THE ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED---WE ARE UNDER [...]
SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT THE ICE STORM WARNING ISSUED BY THE NWS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING AT 6 AM. AT 0245 WE HAD ACCUMULATED APPROXIMATELY 1/8 OF AN INCH OF ICE HERE IN THE COUNTY. This amount will vary so keep that in mind. It appears we may see more ACCUMULATION OF ICE AS FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE “OFF AND ON” DURING THE DAY. One advantage we have right now is LIGHT [...]
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT-FRIDAY, 1/13/17 GOOD MORNING, ICE STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY TIMING...EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY EXCEED ONE-HALF INCH IN SOME AREAS. THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED “SATURDAY”. WINDS-NORTH AROUND 10 MPH That said, there are areas of “scattered” precipitation forming in southeast Garfield County and southeast of the county as of 0545 this morning. As long as it remains scattered, we will fare [...]
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT The forecast is still being modified as we speak with all the new data. Even with that, we’re going to have an ice storm. Hopefully everyone has prepared as best they can. I won’t hash over all the do’s and don'ts concerning this event but I do need to make a statement or two. In the event we lose power, call OGE 1-800-522-6870 and be patient!! These folks know what to [...]
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017
FROM GARFIELD COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT Good morning!! Don’t you just hate it when I am smiling at 0330 in the morning? Thank goodness for COFFEE!! The winter event is still mostly on track to affect us starting late Thursday night. That said, just continue to prepare and hopefully everyone has changed travel plans for this weekend. I don’t care how good a driver you may think you are, but ICE will most likely prove you wrong. [...]
