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September is NC Preparedness Month

Gov. Pat McCrory has declared the month of September North Carolina Preparedness Month. George Olsen has more.

A press release from the Governor’s Office notes that this year marks the 5th anniversary of Hurricane Irene and the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Fran. Irene left behind $686 million in property and agricultural damages while storm damages from Hurricane Fran in 1996 totaled $5.2 billion. Last year, the state experienced nine tornadoes, 432 severe thunderstorms, 110 hailstorms with at least one-inch hail, 133 incidents of flash flooding plus several winter storms. The Governor is urging residents to discuss emergency plans and make sure emergency kits are up-to-date and fully stocked.  I’m George Olsen.

George Olsen is a 1977 Havelock High School graduate. He received his B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the University of South Carolina in 1982 where he got his first taste of non-commercial radio working for their student station WUSC. After graduation he worked about five years in commercial radio before coming to work at Public Radio East where he has remained since outside of a nearly 3-year stint as jazz and operations coordinator at WUAL in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in the early 1990s. On his return to eastern North Carolina he hosted classical music for Public Radio East before moving into the Morning Edition host position and now can be heard on All Things Considered. He also hosts and produces The Sound, five hours of Americana, Roots Rock and Contemporary Folk weekday evenings on PRE Public Radio East News & Ideas, and is a news and feature producer for Public Radio East.