[Skywarn] Fwd: Skywarn Recognition Day: Webinar Recording and Other Details

[Lloyd Colston]

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From: Michael Lewis - NOAA Federal <michael.lewis at noaa.gov>
Date: Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 09:18
Subject: Skywarn Recognition Day: Webinar Recording and Other Details
To:


Good day.

First I want to thank you all for registering for the Skywarn Recognition
Day event coming up this weekend.

There are a lot of changes that needed to be made to make this work this
year, and rather than just scrap SRD completely, we have tried to
incorporate other ways to make it work.

The link to the recording is online at the Facebook Group page and included
here for your reference.

*Recorded Webinar*
<https://www.gotostage.com/channel/897b0d4c7ce64649a0dff6aa5c106658/recording/ba15085626834485bf459e8837fe03dc/watch>

To that end, here are some answers to some of the more frequent questions:

*SRD Event Numbers* - these will be provided ONLINE later today.  There
have been a number of technical difficulties that cropped up over the past
week that have prevented updates to the Skywarn Recognition Day webpage.
Where will these be listed?

https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarnrecognition

*Operating Procedures*
<https://www.weather.gov/crh/skywarn_operating_procedures> - this is
probably where the greatest changes have occurred. The NWS offices will not
have volunteers in their facilities this year, so we had to improvise. The
idea this year, for amateur radio operations, reach out to as many
registered Skywarn Spotters (again, the list of registered participants
will be online at the link above) and NWS offices as you can.  There are
almost 800 registered participants.

*What about Skywarn Spotters without amateur Radio Licenses? *How do I
participate?  Join in on the local NWS office social media pages, work with
local spotter groups, have Zello or other communications tools in place?
Lacking those options, the *Skywarn Recognition Day Facebook Group *
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/skywarnrecognition>will be hosting a
number of live events (a schedule will be released and posted online after
we have finalized the speakers - Thursday or Friday of this week.)

I haven't gotten any information - Much of the information has been sent
via e-mail using the e-mail provided during the registration for SRD. I
have had to research and correct over 30 mistyped e-mail addresses, so
there have been some lost e-mails. I have tried to correct as many as I
can; but there are some that just can be recovered.

A lot of information is being pushed to the Facebook Group (see links
above.)

*This is disorganized and chaotic *- Yes it has been. We had to make
adjustments and felt it was time to incorporate some of the other methods
of communication.

Skywarn Recognition is about Skywarn Spotters and given the current
situation, we have a chance to encourage and recognize *all *Skywarn
Spotters. The amateur radio component is different, because honestly there
are only a handful of NWS offices participating this year. That being said,
almost 700 amateur radio operators have signed up to participate. *Who can
you reach?*

Above all else, this is meant to be fun. We have participants from across
the NWS service area AND Canada registered to participate. This is more
than one region, one state, one county, one city, one person, this is the
community of Skywarn Spotters, spanning shoreline to shoreline, from ocean
to highest mountains. It will be inherently messy - and that's what we are
called to do, make it work and bring out the best in us in service to our
country.

Thank you for your consideration, participation and encouragement.

*==*
*Michael S. Lewis*
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NWS Northern Indiana

*Currently Teleworking M-F*
*Google Hangout/Meet Office Hours* <https://meet.google.com/egk-emip-kuc>:
*Daily*: 10:30 to Noon and 1:30 to 3:00 (EDT)

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Proudly Serving 37 Counties in Northern Indiana, Southwest Lower Michigan
and Northwest Ohio
*==*
*Michael S. Lewis*
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NWS Northern Indiana

*Currently Teleworking M-F*
*Google Hangout/Meet Office Hours* <https://meet.google.com/egk-emip-kuc>:
*Daily*: 10:30 to Noon and 1:30 to 3:00 (EDT)

[image: https://www.weather.gov/iwx] <https://www.weather.gov/iwx>  [image:
https://www.weather.gov/wrn/ambassadors]
<https://www.weather.gov/wrn/ambassadors>[image:
https://www.weather.gov/StormReady] <https://www.weather.gov/StormReady>
Proudly Serving 37 Counties in Northern Indiana, Southwest Lower Michigan
and Northwest Ohio
*==*
*Michael S. Lewis*
Warning Coordination Meteorologist
NWS Northern Indiana

*Currently Teleworking M-F*
*Google Hangout/Meet Office Hours* <https://meet.google.com/egk-emip-kuc>:
*Daily*: 10:30 to Noon and 1:30 to 3:00 (EDT)

[image: https://www.weather.gov/iwx] <https://www.weather.gov/iwx>  [image:
https://www.weather.gov/wrn/ambassadors]
<https://www.weather.gov/wrn/ambassadors>[image:
https://www.weather.gov/StormReady] <https://www.weather.gov/StormReady>
Proudly Serving 37 Counties in Northern Indiana, Southwest Lower Michigan
and Northwest Ohio
-- 
Lloyd Colston
KC5FM
Hamshack Hotline 50052