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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TAUNTON MA
455 PM EDT WED APR 6 2011

...THE 2011 HURRICANE AWARENESS TOUR WILL BE COMING TO THE
MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION ON MONDAY MAY 2...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TAUNTON MASSACHUSETTS WILL HOST THE
FIRST STOP OF THE 2011 EAST COAST HURRICANE AWARENESS TOUR AT
MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY RESERVATION /FORMERLY OTIS AIR NATIONAL GUARD
BASE/ IN FALMOUTH ON MONDAY MAY 2...2011.  THE DAY WILL FEATURE
TOURS BY PERSONNEL OF THE NOAA WP3 ORION HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT...WHICH WILL BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC TOURS FROM 230 PM TO 530 PM.

THE HURRICANE AWARENESS TOUR...OR HAT AS IT IS KNOWN...IS AN
INTEGRAL PART OF AN ANNUAL CAMPAIGN TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND
PREPARATION FOR THE ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON...WHICH RUNS FROM JUNE
1 THROUGH NOVEMBER 30.  THE HAT ALTERNATES BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND
GULF OF MEXICO COASTS EACH YEAR.

PRESCHEDULED BRIEFINGS FOR ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS FROM CAPE
COD AND PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE MORNING AND
EARLY AFTERNOON.

THERE WILL BE SEVERAL STATIONS SET UP WITH PAMPHLETS AND DISPLAYS ON
HURRICANE SAFETY AND AWARENESS.  THESE INFORMATION STATIONS WILL
INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM...

NOAA/S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NORTHEAST RIVER FORECAST CENTER
STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY FROM NOAA/S OCEAN SERVICE
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REGION 1 IN BOSTON
CAPE COD MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS
THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE IN BOSTON
THE UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND/S GRADUATE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AT LOWELL AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL
SOCIETY CHAPTER
BLUE HILL OBSERVATORY AND SCIENCE CENTER
WQRC RADIO IN HYANNIS

AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS FROM RHODE ISLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS WILL
PROVIDE LIVE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE
CENTER IN MIAMI...AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE
EVENT.

THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE MASSACHUSETTS MILITARY
RESERVATION...WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE GATE OFF ROUTE 28 IN
FALMOUTH. FOLLOW THE SIGNS AND MILITARY STAFF DIRECTIONS THROUGHOUT
THE BASE TO THE AIRCRAFT. PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HURRICANE AWARENESS TOUR...PLEASE
VISIT OUR INTERNET WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/BOSTON AND CLICK ON THE
LINK...2011 HURRICANE AWARENESS TOUR...AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.

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