This, we are going to get through this together. I know it looks a little bit different today. Atts because we are over our Emergency Management operations center. Muchis the area where so do in response toin battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and every challenge we face and everything that happens here. An opportunity to show you a little bit to show the inside of our response. I want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management in kentucky. Gives him an opportunity to welcome you to the center. He has been doing a great job. Thank you, governor. Christened the building in 20 13. We have about 25,000 square feet on the roof. Currently at level three. We are under unified command. About 100 personnel working. If you have an opportunity to see some of the floor, we are spread out over a number of buildings to social distance and do our work. For this event, we are in support of our department of Public Health, also colocated with u
Operations center. Of the work that we do in response to battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and other challenges that we face. Some of it so much of it happens here. It gives us an opportunity to show you a little bit of the inside of our response. Inside of our response. And i want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management here in the National Guard has a joint Operation Center and we work in concentration with all cabinet. Every cabinet is represented on the floor, and we work shifts seven days a week, and we assist in procurement for ppe, obviously that is a strong issue about the nation and for our state, and we also do Resource Management in support of 120 counties. Thank you. Gov. Beshear michael has been team,aluable part of the as has all of his staff in everything from securing ppe to coordinating our kroger testing sites, we appreciate his work, and he is renowned across the country for his experience in Emergency Man
I know it looks a little bit different today. And that is because we are over at our Emergency Management Operations Center. This is the area where so much of the work that we do in response to battling covid19 and also the work we do responding to natural disasters and other challenges that we face. Some of it so much of it happens here. It gives us an opportunity to show you a little bit of the inside of our response. Inside of our response. And i want to start today by introducing the head of Emergency Management here in kentucky. Give him an opportunity to welcome you to the center. s name is Michael Dossett and he has been doing a great job. Michael . Michael thank you, governor. Welcome to the state eoc. We christened the building in 2013. We have about 25,000 square feet. We are currently at level three for this operation. We are under unified command. We have 100 personnel working. If you have an opportunity to see some of the floor, they are spread out over a number of buildin
Members of the General Assembly, constitutional officers, justices of the supreme court, general, former governor and former first lady bashir, Lieutenant Governor coleman, we are glad you are with us tonight along with the second. [applause] first lady, thank you for all you do for our family and all kentucky families. I love you. [applause] and to all of our kentucky families watching from home, good evening everybody please be seated tonight im speaking for the House Chamber grateful for the invitation for the families and everyone has something to be excited about. Many of you are excited that i will be serving as your governor for the next four years. [applause] and the rest are excited that i am now term limited. [applause] regardless of your perspective, it does give us a chance to push politics aside and to move the commonwealth forward. Tonight i am proud to report, but thanks to the strength of our people and the redhot economy, the state of the commonwealth is stronger than
Outside to pick up branches from his front yard when his neighbors tree fell on his home. The massive oak punching holes in the roof and tearing down brick, but here in kensington this Parkwood Court home suffered a direct hit. The tree sliced right through the roof, leaving a large trunk in the middle of the empty living room. Just down the road the home of ore own coworkers. Thankfully the damage is minor. A couple of fences and a portion of their chimney. Tree experts on the scene tell me there are about 5000 pounds of this solid oak tree inside that living room. In kensington, delia goncalves, wusa9. Wusa9 viewers were quick to pull out their phones and safely take videos and photos. Ash sent us this time lapse video on twitter. You can see the dark clouds there rolling over the maryland. The wind was just too much for this tree. Thanks for sharing that photo. This might be one of our favorites. Tim is standing holding whats left of his umbrella. He told our meteorologist that wind