Meeting scheduled to discuss natural disasters Patrick Stout, Voice Correspondent MACOMB — The McDonough County Emergency Services and Disaster Assistance Agency has scheduled a multi-hazards mitigation planning committee meeting for Wednesday, May 19 at 2 p.m. in the ESDA operations center at 740 West University Drive on the campus of Western Illinois University. ESDA Director Edgar Rodriguez said this week that this will be the second time the committee has come together to voice opinions on the mitigation of natural hazards. "The frequency and damages caused by severe storms and other natural hazards in the county will be discussed," Rodriguez said. Zachary Krug of the American Environmental Corporation in Springfield is serving as the committee consultant.