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I saw a link to this blog post at The Survival Mom on Twitter and thought it was a great post: 50 emergency uses for a camera phone.
This would be a good article to print off and put in your disaster kit for situations such as tornadoes, blizzards and power outages.
– Paula Wethington
Tornado warning now in effect for Monroe County MI
– Paula Wethington
A severe thunderstorm warning has been posted for Monroe County, Mich.
– Paula Wethington
A severe thunderstorm watch is currently in effect for Monroe County, Mich.
National Weather Service in Detroit
– Paula Wethington
There is now a tornado warning in Lenawee County MI.
National Weather Service in Detroit.
– Paula Wethington
Some of the school districts in Monroe County are on fog delay this morning.
– Paula Wethington
Have you been in downtown Monroe during the past day or so? The flowering trees are now in full bloom.
Enjoy!
– Paula Wethington
The National Weather Service in Detroit has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. today Saturday April 27 for Monroe County, Mich.
The River Raisin at the Riverwalk entrance near the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pedestrian bridge, 7:45 a.m. Thursday March 12.
– Paula Wethington
This notice is for our readers in Monroe County, Mich., and will be in today’s edition of The Monroe Evening News.
Cleanup kits are available free of charge at the American Red Cross office, 1645 N. Dixie Hwy., Frenchtown Township, for local residents who are cleaning up from basement flooding.
The Monroe County Red Cross chapter got several reports Tuesday night of flooded basements in the city of Monroe, particularly on Maple, Smith and Third Streets, said Debbie Davenport, director of community outreach and volunteer services for the chapter.
Any local resident who needs a cleanup kit can call the chapter at (734) 289-1481 for information.
The kits include a broom, mop, bucket, rubber gloves and other cleanup supplies appropriate for flooding relief.
– Paula Wethington
By Paula Wethington
As of 10:42 a.m. Tuesday, the National Weather Service in Detroit has a flood warning for Monroe County, Mich. Minor flooding is expected along the River Raisin.
By Paula Wethington
The National Weather Service in Detroit has posted a flood watch for Monroe County, Mich., in effect from Tuesday morning through late Tuesday night. Additional rainfall is expected later today, which will aggravate existing conditions.
By Paula Wethington / paula@monroenews.com
I would have posted this earlier, but I was having connection problems to the blogs.
There were tornado warnings and tornadoes Sunday evening in northwest Ohio.
WTOL TV 11 is reporting there was a confirmed tornado in Perrysburg at I-75 and Ohio 795 at 7:20 p.m. Sunday March 8. It is listed as a “brief tornado” in the National Weather Service database, but there was more significant storm activity in the Defiance, Ohio, area.
The National Weather Service in Detroit has issued a winter storm warning for Feb. 21.
– Paula Wethington
By Paula Wethington
I snapped some of these photos of the ice jams on the River Raisin on my cell phone about 12:45 p.m. today near the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. pedestrian bridge and the River Walk entrance, in the public parking lot on the south side of the river near Monroe Street.
Bryan Bosch from The Monroe Evening News is shooting pictures for the newspaper, but I thought I’d post something quick and you can look at monroenews.com later for some better images with a professional camera. (Update: Here’s the video link!)
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