Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc.
We appreciate your patience as crews have worked this afternoon to restore power to members affected by outages due to high winds and thunderstorms. There is another band of storms headed our way arou...Tornado Watch for Oconee until 7 pm.
Weather Updated: Apr 14 12:54PM
Issued by the National Weather Service
For Anderson County, South Carolina
TORNADO WATCH FROM 12:55PM EDT SUN UNTIL 7PM EDT SUN SC . SOUTH CAROLINA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE ABBEVILLE AIKEN ANDERSON BAMBERG BARNWELL CALHOUN CHEROKEE CHESTER EDGEFIELD FAIRFIELD GREENVILLE GREENWOOD LAURENS LEXINGTON MCCORMICK NEWBERRY OCONEE ORANGEBURG PICKENS RICHLAND SALUDA SPARTANBURG UNION YORK
Kara Ty Marcengill Josie Morgan Finley
What’s the weather like now? We are out of town.
Oh no, darn it
If your in a car, you go lye in a ditch? What if no ditch?
Nothing severe yet, but we've got our eyes on radar already and we're still expecting strong to severe storms this afternoon. We can't rule out an isolated tornado either. PLEASE stay weather-aware and make sure you have multiple ways to receive warnings!
Another round of severe thunderstorms is possible this afternoon and evening. Stay #WeatherReady today!
Active weather expected Monday afternoon and evening. Potential for severe thunderstorms and flash flooding. Stay weather aware and check frequently for updates and the latest forecast. #gawx #ncwx #scwx
Thank you to the members and officers of the Starr Fire Department in Anderson County for helping us with repurposing your “old” rescue truck. The unit will now be primarily used to support training high school students at the Hamilton Career Center. We will begin the process of equipping the truck with breathing apparatus and rescue tools over the next couple of weeks.
To our Starr FD friends, THANK YOU! You could have certainly gotten more for the truck than what you were willing to let it go to us for, but we will certainly put it to good use.A big thanks to Oconee County and Charlie King on the purchase of our old Rescue Truck, it has served us well and good to know it will continue to serve in Oconee .
The outdoor warning sirens around the Oconee Nuclear Station will be tested at 11:50 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.
The 65 sirens within 10 miles of the Oconee Nuclear Station will sound for three minutes. This test is performed in cooperation with emergency officials in Oconee and Pickens counties, who are responsible for sounding the sirens.
Because this is a test, local broadcasting stations will not interrupt regular programming to broadcast Emergency Alert System (EAS) messages. If there were ever a real emergency at the plant requiring the sirens to be sounded, local radio and television stations would broadcast information and instructions to the public.
www.duke-energy.com/NuclearEP
Nuclear Safety Preparedness - Duke Energy
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Duke Energy provides proactive nuclear safety preparedness information in conjunction with the state and counties near their nuclear facilitiesActive911
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We hope everyone has had a fun and safe weekend, especially enjoying the great weather.
AWARDS PRESENTED FOR 34th ANNUAL TORNADO SAFETY POSTER CONTEST
WALHALLA, SC (March 14, 2019) – Gabriella Laredo, Grade 4, Walhalla Elementary School, selected as the Overall Grand Prize winner in the 34th Annual Tornado Safety Poster Contest conducted by Oconee County Emergency Services. The contest is designed for elementary students in grades one through five. The purpose of the contest is to educate children on the dangers of tornadoes and protective actions that should be taken in the event of a tornado in their area.
First place winners received awards of $50 each and a Weather Alert Radio, second place winners received awards of $35 each and a Weather Alert Radio, and honorable mention winners received awards of $20 each and a Weather Alert Radio. The Overall Grand Prize Winner also received an Emergency Supply Kit. The winners are listed by grade level as follows:
1st Grade
Macie Ratliff: 1st Place (Walhalla Elem.)
Noona Elisia Brown: 2nd Place (Orchard Park Elem.)
Kingston McQuinn: Honorable Mention (Tamassee Salem Elem.)
2nd Grade
Isabella Harben: 1st Place (Orchard Park Elem.)
Cole Pitts: 2nd Place (Tamassee Salem Elem.)
Ty Burton: Honorable Mention (Fair Oak Elem.)
3rd Grade
Andrew Holland: 1st Place (Oconee Christian Academy)
Luke Belue: 2nd Place (Walhalla Elem.)
Audrey Still: Honorable Mention (Fair Oak Elem.)
4th Grade
Gabriella Laredo: 1st Place (Walhalla Elem.)
Michael Rochester: 2nd Place (Tamassee Salem Elem.)
Lola Myers: Honorable Mention (Oconee Christian Academy)
5th Grade
Helena McDonald: 1st Place (Keowee Elem.)
Addison Burnette: 2nd Place (Fair Oak Elem.)
Braylin Thrasher: Honorable Mention (Fair Oak Elem.)
Overall Winner: Gabriella Laredo (Walhalla Elem.) 4th Grade
The winning posters will be on display in the County Administrative Building until the middle of April. The panel of judges included Leslie Hagerty & Daby Snipes.
Leslie Hagerty is a native of Oconee County, and 2003 graduate of Walhalla High School. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from Winthrop University in 2007, and a Master’s degree in Public History from Appalachian State University in 2009. She has been Director/Curator of Oconee History Museum since September 2009.
Daby Snipes is a Program Coordinator for the Bradshaw Institute for Community Child Health & Advocacy, Prisma Health. She serves on the Injury Prevention Team Safe Kids Upstate located in the Oconee Memorial Hospital – Prisma Health. Daby Snipes is a professional educator, working for over fourteen years in the School District of Oconee County. She loves to read, play the piano, swimming and spending as much time as possible with her grandson Boone Hudson. She holds degrees in Education, Administration and Supervision.
We would like to thank the judges, School District of Oconee County, Oconee Christian Academy, principals, teachers, and each participant for making the contest a success and for helping promote tornado awareness in Oconee County.
Valerie Mae Ratliff
Sian Imes McDonald 💚
Good job Gabriella amy Amy Perin Laredo
Stacy Belue
Congratulations Stacy Belue and Shalana Pitts!
Shalana Pitts tell Cole I am so proud of him
Congratulations to all
Congratulations
Jennifer Schumacher Holland
Shalana Pitts
This is such a great thing for our county to do!
Lots of great information from Oconee County CERT! Come out to learn more about disaster preparedness tonight at 6pm
Change you clocks, change your battery! As we “spring” forward this weekend, take a few minutes and ensure you homes smoke detector has a new battery and is working properly.
Fire is everyone’s fight!
www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/fief/handouts/fief_smoke_alarm_flyer.pdf
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Do you have an interest in helping others in your community? If so, Answer the Sounds of Sirens.
Oconee County Emergency Services
Your community needs your help. Are you ready to answer the Sound of Sirens? Click the link at the end of the video to learn more. .
Slowdown and move over!
County of Lexington
It's simple: Slow down. Move over.
It's the law
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Virginia firefighters save American flag as fire destroys building in viral video
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Viral video shows two Virginia firefighters rescuing an American flag as a roaring fire destroyed a building housing a local Moose Lodge.Two years ago was a busy evening in our area. The dedicated people from that night are still giving it their all each day to support our communities.Hats off to the entire TEAM OCONEE! The incredible group in dispatch managed to field nearly 230 calls for service in 70 short minutes. Firefighters, Medical Responders, Law Enforcement and Public Works demonstrated incredible team work and dedication to respond to the aftermath of Wednesday evenings Thunderstorm. In addition to the flood of tree and power line calls, crews finished out the night with two structure fires, one being an abandoned textile mill.
Thank you to every dispatcher and street responder who worked to make a difference tonight!
Expect windy conditions across the region today into tonight behind the passing cold front. #ncwx #scwx #gawx
Not a bad day today, but it's gonna be pretty wet over the next week. This may lead to some flooding issues, so make sure you're #WeatherReady and keep an eye on changing forecasts!
An absolutely gorgeous evening of training for #teamoconee. Team members were treated to demonstrations of the latest technology for both UAV’s (drone’s) and ROV’s (underwater drone’s) for use in supporting search and rescue missions. The technology and capabilities of these devices are continually improving to where they have become a valuable resource to local public safety agencies.
Thank you to the following for supporting-
CAROLINA Drone’s
GREENVILLE Media
UASsidekick
Jason Parker
Staff of Devils Fork State Park
The South Carolina Forestry Commission
If you're planning on burning some yard debris this weekend, be sure to make notification to the South Carolina Forestry Commission before you burn. State law requires citizens to notify the SCFC befo...