NWS Kansas Co-Sponsors Governor's Lightning Safety Week Proclamation

On June 10, 2003, at the state capitol building in Topeka, KS, Governor Kathleen Sebelius signed a state proclamation designating June 22-28, 2003, as Lightning Safety Awareness Week in Kansas. NWS offices in Kansas partnered with the Kansas Emergency Management agency and local American Red Cross chapters to develop the proclamation. Pictured from left to right are Lori Nuebel, American Red Cross, Topeka; Jim Keeney, NWS Central Region HQ; Curtis Holderbach, NWS, Topeka; General Gregory Gardner, KS Adjutant General; Governor Sebelius; Gene Krase, Kansas Emergency Management; Angee Morgan, Kansas Emergency Management; Mike Akulow, NWS, Topeka; and Joy Moser, Kansas Adjutant General’s office.