Good morning guys, yeah its that time to bring the conclusion of Severe Weather Awareness week to a conclusion by discussing Firefighter, EMS, EMA and Spotter Appreciation Day. " I want to recognize all emergency rescuers such as Fire Fighters, Emergency Medical Services and ALS, Emergency management and police officers and the 911 operations centers for the hard work done to keep the country running up and going, I know during the Severe weather Season it can be really busy as emergency rescuers come together to join hands in helping one another out with damage from Tornadoes and Severe Thunderstorms, helping communities to find a shelter until the pieces of their life are picked up again. These guys don't know how much they are appreciated and don't think they ever get a thank you or I appreciate you every once and a while. I am a fire fighter myself and student meteorologist and I help our county out when Severe weather is occouring or seems immanent. I have been in the weather program for years and have seen my own share of weather and even felt and seen the impact it does on many lives today. From chasing the worst weather from Quarter size window hitting hail, to streight line winds that can really make you cry, to being picked up from the porch and almost being sucked up to being almost struck by lightning, why do I do this? because its my interest actually and cant have a better gift then the gift of weather technology, I guess you can say I'm another Bill Paxton. But when Severe weather Strikes and there is a tornado involved the ems ema and fire rescue personal are dispatched to go help recover dead bodies or the injured and help clean up destruction the tornado or severe weather has done. Even outside of Severe weather, it could be a sunny day and lifetime emergencies happen. And if it wouldn't for the emergency staff making the world a better place then we would be in bad conditions, people have come together donating their time and effort to help rescue people all the because they have been helped out when they were little and they want to do the same for you as well. Even if it means laying the life on the line. Just Remember emergency rescuers, be your self and be all you can be and continue to do what you do best performing your duties by lending a hand and getting them up the ladder and it is from the bottom of my heart that I want to say THANK YOU for a JOB WELL DONE. I LOVE YOU ALL AND I THINK CREDIT SHOULD BE GIVEN WERE CREDIT IS DUE. Also I want to thank all my family fellow spotters for a job well done as well, we also do a hard job in the community during weather emergencies by going out and monitoring the skies. We spotters do allot of things that help the community out in so many ways, when severe weather is forecast by the National Weather Service, it is all the because of the Storms Prediction Center In Norman Oklahoma and Then National Weather Service puts an agreement on how things may develop. When a Watch is issued we spotters come from our regular job and get ready for the hunt. We travel roads, look at maps and watch doppler weather radar, when a warning is issued then we watch for threatening clouds such as a wall cloud or maybe funnel clouds or worse tornado, other than tornadoes and wall clouds we are involved in so many procedures such as reporting hail or hail damage downed trees or even flooded roads, we face hazards such as getting picked up by the wind or even being struck by lightning. That is the choice we made and that is why we do what we do. When Severe weather happens we write down the time and the date and the event that occured and the damage that was observed to dispatch or National Weather Service by local Via 1800 Numbers in our affiliate office. I think that credit should be given were credit is due to the emergency and Sky Warn staff and I just want to say THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART AND I LOVE YOU ALL.

Sky Warn Emergency Coordinator and Student Meteorologist
as well as Fire Rescue,
Steve Cooper
TN-MG-4 Chestnut Ridge weather center of Morgan county
located on highway 62 west one mile from the Fentress and Morgan County line.