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<br />government buildings, and <br /> <br />Update: As of November 1, 2003, the County has received and distributed NOAA Weather Radios to all <br />is awaiting the NWS survey for Storm Ready certification <br /> <br />and foster their construction. <br /> <br />Issue Statement: On average, over the past 47 years, KC County has experienced at more than one tornado each year. While <br />damage has been minimal to date, it is merely a matter of time before a more serious event occurs. There are few places for people <br />to take shelter throughout the county, and several locations within the county where the need is more critical due to the number of <br />people in the vicinity, or the inability of those in these areas to find safe shelter quickly in an alternate location. Among the known <br />locations where "Safe-Rooms" or tornado shelters would be most useful. are <br /> <br />Promote the benefits of tornado shelters and "Safe-Rooms" <br /> <br />Action Item #2 <br /> <br />Fields, and in the City Center <br /> <br />and Baseball <br /> <br />In Burlington, the Old Town area, the Softball <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />In the school buildings of Flagler, Seibert and Vona <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />location near the Assisted Living Facility and Elderly Housing Project. <br /> <br />in conjunction with the communities, special needs <br /> <br />strategy: County Emergency Manager, <br />and FEMA <br /> <br />In Flagler, at a <br /> <br />Implementation Manager and <br />facilities, and NWS, CO-OEM <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Priority: High <br /> <br />In kind labor is available through the communities to help defray the construction costs <br />In addition, some existing buildings may have areas suitable for providing <br /> <br />Cost Estimate $8K each, x 20 = $160,000 <br />and meet the "match" requirements of most grants <br />protection, such as basements in the city center. <br /> <br />would be worth the <br /> <br />Cost-Effectiveness Explanation: Preventing one lOSS of life or serious injury from wind or other hazards <br />expense. Tornado hazards are very frequent. <br /> <br />86 <br />