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The Great Central U.S ShakeOut “Drop, Cover, and Hold On” drill scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Feb. 7

The Great Central U.S ShakeOut Overview

 

Are You Ready to ShakeOut?

 

200 years ago, a series of major earthquakes struck the

Mississippi River Valley along the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

Recent events remind us that damaging earthquakes can

happen at any time. With more than 40 million people living

and working in the region today, a major earthquake would

cause widespread damage and disruption.

What we do now, before a big earthquake, will determine what our lives will be like afterwards.

With earthquakes an inevitable part of our future, we must act quickly to ensure that disasters do

not become catastrophes.

The Great Central U.S. ShakeOut in February 2012 will involve more than 1 million people through

a broad-based outreach program, partnership with the media, and public advocacy by hundreds of

partners. This event is being organized by the Central United States Earthquake Consortium and

 

the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and

 

Tennessee. The ShakeOut will be centered around a simultaneous

Drop, Cover, and Hold On drillthat will be held at 10:15 AM CDT on February 7, 2012.

 

 

Drop, Cover, and Hold On is the easy?to-remember and recommended

 personal protective action to take in the event of an earthquake.

 

February 7th is also the 200th anniversary of the last of the 1811?

12 earthquakes that destroyed the town of New Madrid, Missouri and

 created Reelfoot Lake in northwest Tennessee.

 

A key aspect of the ShakeOut is the integration of earthquake

 research and the lessons learned from social science research

about why people get prepared for disasters. The result is a “teachable moment” on par

 with having an actual earthquake (often followed by increased interest in getting ready for earthquakes).

The ShakeOut creates the sense of urgency that is needed for people,

 organizations, and communities to get prepared, to practice what to do to be

 

safe, and to learn what plans need to be improved.

The ShakeOut inspires communities to work

 

together towards disaster preparedness, and

sets aside specific time for them to take proactive

 

action to become better prepared.

 

The 2012 ShakeOut drill will follow on the success

 of the 2011 drill, where more than 3 million

 

people participated in the largest preparedness event

 in central U.S. history. Interested participants are encouraged

 to go to www.shakeout.org/centralus

and pledge their family, school,

business, or organization’s participation in the drill.

Registered participants will receive

 

information on how to plan their drill and

 how to create a dialogue with others

 about earthquake preparedness.

 

 

Tickets on sale at noon today for Alison Krauss & Union Station’s Oklahoma City show

Tickets go on sale at noon today to for the upcoming Alison Krauss & Union Station, featuring Jerry Douglas, concert at Oklahoma City’s Civic Center Music Hall.

Krauss, a 26-time Grammy winner, and her acclaimed bluegrass band will play at 7:30 p.m. March 25 at the Civic Center.

Tickets are priced at $49.50 and $59.50.

In April 2011, Rounder Records released the eagerly anticipated Alison Krauss & Union Station album “Paper Airplane.” The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart and Bluegrass Albums Chart and No. 3 on the Top 200 Album Chart. A collection of 11 exquisite songs, “Paper Airplane” is Krauss’ 14th album and the band’s follow-up to 2004’s triple Grammy-winning “Lonely Runs Both Ways” (Rounder). It is Krauss’ first release since her 2007 internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum collaboration with Robert Plant, “Raising Sand,” which won six Grammys including Record Of The Year and Album Of The Year.

Krauss and with Union Station band members Dan Tyminski (guitar, mandolin and lead vocals), Barry Bales (bass and harmony vocals), Ron Block (banjo, guitar and harmony vocals), and Jerry Douglas (dobro and harmony vocals) are continuing their tour in 2012 after a successful run of critically-acclaimed performances in 2011.

Part of Krauss’ incontestable talent is how effortlessly she bridges the gap between roots music and country, rock and pop. A highly sought-after collaborator, Krauss has worked with some of the biggest names in popular music, including James Taylor, Phish, Dolly Parton, Yo Yo Ma and Bonnie Raitt. Since signing with Rounder Records at the age of 14 in 1985 Krauss has sold in excess of 12 million albums and garnered 26 Grammy Awards, the most for any female and the third most of any recording artist in Grammy history.

For more information, go to http://okcciviccenter.com/shows.php.

-BAM

Business professor Jeremy Short speaking on graphic novels at TEDxOU

A-List: Red Chateau

Choc’s Project Hop to continue tonight

The next installment in Choc’s Project Hop will be tonight at McNellie’s OKC. The festivities kick off at 6 p.m. Tonight’s offering will be 1919 dry-hopped with Columbus hops. Columbus hops are described as earthy and spicy, with subtle flavors of citrus. Seems like a nice, subtle complement to 1919.

In other, unrelated beer news…

-Mustang Brewing has set a Winter Lager pint night at McNellie’s OKC for 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6. First 100 people to buy a pint of Winter Lager get a new Mustang pint glass.

-Oklahoma City scored some major cred in the latest issue of Draft Magazine. Check the link to see mentions of RePUBlic, TapWerks, McNellie’s, Redbud, COOP and Battered Boar.

-Also in Draft Mag, TapWerks made the list of the magazine’s 100 best beer bars for 2012.

-And yet another tidbit from Draft Mag: They recently reviewed COOP Native Amber and Choc Signature Smoked Porter.

Wind advisory for some counties in western Oklahoma, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, issued by the National Weather Service, Norman

 

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
237 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012

HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-
CUSTER-BLAINE-BECKHAM-WASHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…BUFFALO…ALVA…CHEROKEE…ARNETT…
WOODWARD…FAIRVIEW…CHEYENNE…TALOGA…WEATHERFORD…CLINTON…
WATONGA…ELK CITY…SAYRE…CORDELL
FRI JAN 27 2012

…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORMAN HAS ISSUED A WIND
ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST
THIS EVENING.

* TIMING: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.

* WINDS: NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS AROUND
  40 MPH.

* IMPACTS: CAUTION IS ADVISED FOR MOTORISTS IN HIGH-PROFILE AND
  LIGHT-WEIGHT VEHICLES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE CAREFUL IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL OR IF YOU ARE WORKING OR PLAYING
OUTSIDE.

Hazardous weather outlook, from the National Weather Service, Norman

 

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORMAN OK
403 AM CST FRI JAN 27 2012

OKZ004>048-050>052-TXZ083>090-271800-
HARPER-WOODS-ALFALFA-GRANT-KAY-ELLIS-WOODWARD-MAJOR-GARFIELD-NOBLE-
ROGER MILLS-DEWEY-CUSTER-BLAINE-KINGFISHER-LOGAN-PAYNE-BECKHAM-
WASHITA-CADDO-CANADIAN-OKLAHOMA-LINCOLN-GRADY-MCCLAIN-CLEVELAND-
POTTAWATOMIE-SEMINOLE-HUGHES-HARMON-GREER-KIOWA-JACKSON-TILLMAN-
COMANCHE-STEPHENS-GARVIN-MURRAY-PONTOTOC-COAL-COTTON-JEFFERSON-
CARTER-JOHNSTON-ATOKA-LOVE-MARSHALL-BRYAN-HARDEMAN-FOARD-WILBARGER-
WICHITA-KNOX-BAYLOR-ARCHER-CLAY-
 FRI JAN 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK COVERS NORTHERN…WESTERN…
CENTRAL…AND SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA…AND WESTERN NORTH TEXAS.

.DAY ONE…TODAY AND TONIGHT…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

DISCUSSION…
A MID-LEVEL DISTURBANCE ALONG WITH A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. HOWEVER… WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AVAILABLE… NO
WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED.

PROBABILITY TABLE…
VALID THROUGH 700 AM CST SATURDAY JAN 28.
PROBABILITY OF THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING IN THE
              NWS NORMAN COUNTY WARNING AREA…0 PERCENT.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS… ESPECIALLY IN PARTS OF WESTERN OKLAHOMA…
ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.
PLEASE REFER TO THE WIND ADVISORY FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS TODAY WILL INCREASE THE WILDFIRE POTENTIAL
THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN…SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK…
NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED.

OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
WINDY AND WARM CONDITIONS WILL ELEVATE WILDFIRE CONCERNS ON MONDAY
AND TUESDAY.

Anthropologie opens today in The Triangle at Classen Curve

Anthropologie opens today in The Triangle at Classen Curve in Oklahoma City.

Owned by Philadelphia-based Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie is known for its store design and eclectic assortment of women’s clothing, accessories, gifts and home decor. Anthropologie also has a store in Utica Square in Tulsa.

 

NW 15 and Broadway: Delayed

The Planning Commission was asked for, and it granted a delay until Feb. 23 on consideration of a request for an ABC 2 zoning for the former car dealership at NW 15 and Broadway. To date, despite requests for interviews from the operators of this proposed restaurant/club, I’ve heard nothing other than the comments posted on this site.

There is a fundamental understanding, I suspect, with the operators. If the comments left on this site are any indication, they think by my posting advance notice on this zoning application I am “stirring things up.” Well, here’s the deal: the neighbors are SUPPOSED to know about this project before there is a vote on a change in zoning. They’re supposed to get the right to ASK QUESTIONS, GET THEM ANSWERED, and … get this … VOICE THEIR DISAPPROVAL AND ASK FOR DENIAL OF A ZONING CHANGE if they see it as a threat to their neighborhood.

A developer can take two approaches to such questions; they can meet with residents and answer their questions (not that they’re guaranteed to like such answers) and provide a look at their project though someone like me, or, they can get upset and say efforts to inform the neighborhood about a big restaurant and club opening up next door is “stirring things up.”

 

I’ve noticed work is already going on inside this building. Maybe they’re assuming approval of their zoning is a slam dunk

FYI: Updated reports from the Arkansas tornadoes last Sunday, from the National Weather Service, Little Rock, Ark.

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT…UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
425 PM CST THU JAN 26 2012

…SEVEN TORNADOES CONFIRMED FROM SUNDAYS STORMS…

1. TORNADO #1
    STARTING POINT…3.0 MILES WSW OF THORNTON
    ENDING POINT…4.9 MILES SW OF RISON
    PATH LENGTH…19.2 MILES
    RATING…EF2…WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
    COUNTIES AFFECTED…CALHOUN…DALLAS…CLEVELAND
    REMARKS…

    IN CALHOUN COUNTY…DAMAGE WAS MOSTLY LIMITED TO TIMBER.

    IN DALLAS COUNTY…THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO HOUSES       
    NORTHWEST OF FORDYCE…THE COUNTRY CLUB…AND A SET OF         
    TRANSMISSION TOWERS.

    IN CLEVELAND COUNTY…THERE WAS MOSTLY DAMAGE TO TIMBER.        
    HOWEVER…A CHURCH BUILT IN 1852 IN NORTH KINGSLAND WAS
    DESTROYED.

2. TORNADO #2
    STARTING POINT…SWEDEN /JEFFERSON COUNTY/
    ENDING POINT…3.45 MILES NE OF LODGE CORNER
    PATH LENGTH…16.9 MILES
    RATING…EF2…WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
    COUNTIES AFFECTED…JEFFERSON…ARKANSAS
    REMARKS…

    IN JEFFERSON COUNTY…NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. GRAIN
    BINS WERE DESTROYED…AND THERE WAS DAMAGE TO METAL BUILDINGS
    AND OVERTURNED FARM MACHINERY.

    IN ARKANSAS COUNTY…NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN…AND TWO
    MOBILE HOMES WERE DAMAGED.

3. TORNADO #3
    STARTING POINT…5.5 MILES WNW OF DEWITT
    ENDING POINT…NEAR CROCKETTS BLUFF
    PATH LENGTH…14.4 MILES
    RATING…EF2…WINDS OF 111-135 MPH
    COUNTIES AFFECTED…ARKANSAS

    FOUR STEEL TRANSMISSION TOWERS WERE BLOWN DOWN…AND THERE WAS
    DAMAGE TO A FEW FARM OUTBUILDINGS. NUMEROUS TREES WERE BLOWN    
    DOWN…AND A TRAVEL TRAILER WAS BLOWN OVER. AN ELEVATOR WAS
    BLOWN OFF OF GRAIN BINS.

4. TORNADO #4
    STARTING POINT…8.2 MILES S OF DEWITT
    ENDING POINT…3 MILES SE OF DEWITT
    PATH LENGTH…9.4 MILES
    RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
    COUNTY AFFECTED…ARKANSAS
   
    TREES…POWER LINES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL
    CARPORTS AND SHEDS WERE BLOWN AWAY. A LARGE LIMB FELL ON THE CAB
    OF A PICKUP TRUCK. A HOUSE HAD THE WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND PIECES
    OF WOOD WEDGED INTO THE SIDING. A MOBILE HOME WAS ROLLED OVER
    AND DESTROYED…WITH ITS CONTENTS BLOWN INTO A NEARBY FIELD. A
    METAL BUILDING WAS DESTROYED…AND THE WALL OF ANOTHER ONE WAS
    PUSHED IN. THE ROOF WAS BLOWN OFF OF A TRACTOR SHED.

5. TORNADO #5
    STARTING POINT…4 MILES S OF RAGTOWN
    ENDING POINT…3.2 MILES E OF RAGTOWN /WFO LZK CWA/
    PATH LENGTH…5.8 MILES
    RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
    COUNTY AFFECTED…MONROE

    TREES AND POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN. AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS
    FLIPPED OVER. A LARGE STORAGE SHED WAS TOSSED OVER A FARM
    BUILDING.

    THE SURVEY TEAM NOTED THAT THIS TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK INTO
    PHILLIPS COUNTY AR…WHICH IS COVERED BY THE NWS OFFICE IN
    MEMPHIS TN. THAT PORTION OF THE TORNADO TRACK WILL BE SURVEYED BY
    THE MEMPHIS OFFICE IN THE COMING DAYS.

6. TORNADO #6
    STARTING POINT…2.7 MILES WSW OF MOSCOW
    ENDING POINT…1.2 MILES NE OF MOSCOW
    PATH LENGTH…3.8 MILES
    RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
    COUNTY AFFECTED…JEFFERSON
    
    A SHED WAS THROWN OVER A FARM SHOP. THE FARM SHOPS ROOF WAS     
    DAMAGED. AN EMPTY 12000 GALLON FUEL TANK WAS THROWN INTO A      
    FIELD. AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS OVERTURNED AND TORN APART. A FEW 
    TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE FOUNDATION OF A CONCRETE BLOCK HOUSE 
    WAS DAMAGED.

7. TORNADO #7
    STARTING POINT…2.5 MILES SW OF COY
    ENDING POINT…1.7 MILES SW OF COY
    PATH LENGTH…3/4 OF A MILE
    RATING…EF1…WIND OF 86-110 MPH
    COUNTY AFFECTED…LONOKE

    AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WAS FLIPPED OVER AND LANDED IN A NEARBY
    DITCH. A NUMBER OF TREE LIMBS WERE SNAPPED OFF.