Those were the words spoken by Savannah's Mayor Edna Jackson earlier this morning at Savannah's new emergency operation center. Yes we are feeling effects of Tropical Storm Isaac here in Savannah. Our news director has made it clear that the weather is the lead story from here on out. When weather is the lead you typically do a lot of weather type stories. This gave Savannah a chance to rest the minds of its residents by showing just how 'ready' they are. This facility holds a backup generator, backup 911 center and host a wall full of dozens of monitors so city officials can keep an eye on everything. The small snag is that the facility won't be up and running until a few more months. A federal grant is what funded the operations center to a tune of a million plus dollars.
The city lead us on a tour full of empty rooms and rows of empty telephones. It wasn't a very interesting story visually, but it was nice to see that the city is trying to make us safer-- mayor Jackson said we are ready for anything. She hosted a press conference with other city disaster leaders and the local media, WJCL (ABC) ,WTGS (FOX) and my station along with the paper were there. WSAV which is NBC was absent.
My day was quiet besides that, nothing but the sound of the rain fell between the squawk of the radio and the sound of typing in the newsroom.
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