Waveland earns ‘StormReady’ OK from National Weather Service

The National Weather Service has recognized the City of Waveland as a StormReady Community.

The NWS said that Waveland officials have taken significant efforts to improve emergency first responder and personnel preparedness in the event of a natural disaster.

“Your community’s improved communications infrastructure and increased level of severe weather awareness will no doubt minimize the loss of life and/or property in the future,” Kenneth Graham, meteorologist in charge of the New Orleans office of the National Weather Service, wrote in a letter to Mayor David Garcia.

Alderman LiLi Stahler said, “There are only 17 cities in Mississippi who have qualified for this designation. John C. Stennis Space Center is the only other StormReady Community in Hancock County.”