Today's #DeafAwarenessWeek Topic: Lightning
#SeeAFlashDashInside! 🏠🏃♀️🌳⚡
Don't wait for rain, lightning can strike up to 10 mi away!
Seek shelter in a fully enclosed building or hard-topped metal vehicle.
Video w/ #ASL & Captions: https://t.co/qqEiAAS1LO
Fall arrives today at 8:05 pm ET! 🍂
Today’s Fall Equinox marks the start of astronomical fall in the Northern Hemisphere and is the moment when the Sun is directly over Earth’s equator. From now through the Winter Solstice on December 21, the Northern Hemisphere will receive increasingly less direct sunlight as Earth continues along its tilted orbit around the Sun.
🚨 More than 2,300 people are injured or killed each year in railroad crossing and trespass incidents across North America.
Stay safe around railroad tracks: use designated crossings, obey warning signals and never walk or drive around lowered gates.
See Tracks? Think Train.
Tropical Depression #Fay Advisory 13 (3 PM GMT, Tue Sep 22): Fay Weakens to a Tropical Depression. Forecast to Become a Post-Tropical Cyclone Later Today. https://t.co/GrztW6mQJV
ON THIS DATE, 37 YEARS AGO: Hurricane Hugo moved across the Charlotte Metro & western Piedmont during the morning hours. High winds which felled tens of thousands of trees caused widespread damage. The peak wind gust at the Charlotte Douglas Airport was 99 mph.
#scwx#ncwx#gawx
Carve out a little time for preparedness this fall.
As the leaves change and cooler weather arrives, it's the perfect time to make sure you're ready for whatever comes your way.
#CarvingOutPreparedness#FallPreparedness#emergencypreps
A pattern change is coming as astronomical fall begins! Today remains hot with scattered showers & storms this afternoon/evening. Then, highs fall into the mid-70s to low 80s, with overnight lows in the 50s to 60s by late week. #scwx#gawx#caewx
SCDOT is replacing the two bridges along Veterans Road over the South Edisto River in Aiken County! 🏗️
The new bridges will be able to support traffic for longer than the existing bridges, once they’re completed. The project is on track to be completed next year. 👍
@NWSColumbia@NWS I am not hearing impaired, but I bought a weather radio from Midland (WR-400) that offers an optional bright strobe light that flashes during alerts. It would be a great gift idea to give to anyone who is deaf/severely hearing impaired!
Deaf Awareness Week starts today! Join us as we go over weather safety information throughout the week! #IWDeaf 🤟
⁉️Did You Know - @NWS has a webpage dedicated to weather safety for the deaf & hard-of-hearing? https://t.co/hY4IlqEcjV