Ky. EMA activates State Emergency Operations Center; Gov. Beshear gives emergency weather update On Wednesday, February 10, Kentucky Emergency Management (KYEM) activated its State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) at 7 a.m. at Level 4 operations. (Source: Bernadette Heier) By Jessica Ladd | February 10, 2021 at 10:44 AM CST - Updated February 10 at 1:39 PM
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KFVS) - Governor Andy Beshear gave an emergency weather update on Wednesday afternoon.
The governor was joined by Transportation Secretary and Vaccine Distribution Project Director Jim Gray and Kentucky Division of Emergency Management Director Michael Dossett.
Governor Beshear announced he was closing all state offices starting at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
“I’m not a hacker,” data scientist Rebekah Jones told CNN in December after police executed a warrant to search her home for electronic devices, looking for evidence that she had accessed a Florida state emergency management system without authorization. Despite that protestation, this week Jones was arrested and charged with illegally accessing a Florida state computer. The charges suggest that while what she’s accused of did not entail any sophisticated hacking or technical skills thanks to the state’s lackluster security practices, it may well still have involved illegal use of computers.
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Jones has had a fraught relationship with the Florida Department of Health, her former employer, for months. While she helped manage Florida’s COVID-19 tracking dashboard, she publicly questioned the credibility of the state’s case numbers and data reporting and was subsequently fired in May 2020. Following her firing, Jones continued to vocally criticize the Florida
emergency management usepa. epa is the lead federal agency for inland releases of oil and hazardous substances through emergency support function 10 over the national response framework. in addition to request for assistance from our states, tribes and local government, partners, some of the things that epa is currently doing prior to hurricane florence is to determine the status of preparation at chemical, oil, and production facilities that may be in the path of the storm. and to identify any releases and discharges of hazardous substances or oil caused by the storm. the agency has identified sites under super fund, risk management program and the facility response plan program for oil that may be until projected path of the hurricane and trying to assess any pre-landfall concerns. in addition, we re working with the states, tribes and local governments to identify drinking water and waste water
and we re talking no power. what will be the situation for those people? so my job as the coordinator of fema is basically to coordinate a unified effort across the federal government and that s what you see behind us. so we have hhs in the room, emergency support function aid that is working with governor scott and his team to identify any health and medical issues that are there. we ve been prepositioning teams to go in and support their needs to meet those demands. you re exactly right. we have an office of disability coordination that works with access needs and trying to meet the needs and provide a standard of care for all citizens that they deserve. i want to talk about the storm overall what are you seeing now? i spoke to you earlier this morning and now hours later the storm is closer to the united states. give me a bird s eye view what