About 5 am a severe thunderstorm struck our area. Alarms started going off everywhere, my police units couldn’t see in front of them to drive, I had guards out trying to find cover, we lost power and county set off their sirens without notifying us. What a mess.
I know I did several things wrong during this massive incident but am not sure what all it is. I will let my replacement know and she can evaluate the calls and let me know what I need to do differently next time. This was my first major weather incident since working here so it was crazy. I relied heavily on my Lieutenant to know what to do and pretty much followed what he said. Hopefully that was correct.
I hope my replacement comes in early enough to discuss it because I can’t stay late when I have to be back in at 3pm. She doesn’t have a trainee today but I bet it is still a hopping day for her with continued problems due to the storm.
Yes, it was crazy and I was a bit under pressure – but overall, I had a good time with the emergency. I work well under pressure as a rule and even better when the pressure is weather related because I love natural disasters…not what they do to people but the awesome force they wield.
Hills had straight line winds which caused a lot of damage from what the county is saying over the radios. No one was hurt though so that is always good! Whew, glad it is over now and I can go home shortly!
