MANCHESTER TONIGHT WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. AMANI. WELL, ARIELLE THE LOCAL AND STATE GROUPS WE SPOKE WITH TODAY SAY THEY SPEND DAYS SOMETIMES EVEN WEEKS, PREPPING FOR SEVERE WEATHER LIKE THIS AND THEY JUST REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO PAY ATTENTION TOMOMORROW BECAUSE THY SAY THE IMPACTS COULD BE SERIOUS. IT'S THE FIRST WEEKEND OF SUMMER, BUT THE SPRING LIKE SHOWERS ARE STILL LINGERING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WINDS HEADING OUR WAY SUNDAY, LEAVING POWER COMPANIES AND THEIR CREWS ON STANDBY READY TO RESPOND TO OUTAGES. IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK, YOU KNOW, IN PREPARATION AND MONITORING THE SYSTEM WITH THE HEAT WAVE WE HAD EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THEN THE THUNDERSTORMS, ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WE SAW AS WELL. WE'LL BE READY TO GO AND WE'LL BE READY TO ESCALATE. SHOULD ANY OF THESE STORMS HIT SEVERELY. WE'RE OUT THERE CUTTING TREES AND LIMBS AND CLEARING THE CUTTING THE RIGHT OF WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, UM, TO PREVENT ANY TREES AND LIMBS FROM FALLING. AND WITH NASCAR RACE WEEKEND IN FULL SWING, THE STATE SAYS THEY'LL BE ACTIVATING THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER AT 10:00 SUNDAY MORNING TO SUPPORT THE CROWDS IN LOUDON OR ANY COMMUNITY HIT HARD WITH STORM DAMAGE, WHETHER IT BE BARRIERS FOR THEIR ROADS, IF THEY HAVE ROAD CLOSURES OR MESSAGING SUCH AS TELLING PEOPLE NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS SAYS IT'S EXPERIENCING A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT CAN BE TRAUMATIC. SO THEY'RE READYING A DISASTER RESPONSE TEAM FOR THOSE FACING THE HIGHEST CHANCES OF SEVERE STORMS. IN THE EVENT OF RESPONDING TO AN INDIVIDUAL CASE, SAY, LIKE A TREE ON A HOME LIKE WE RESPOND TO HOUSE FIRES, WE WOULD USUALLY RESPOND TO THE RESIDENTS IF NEEDED AND PROVIDE COMFORT KITS. WE HAVE SHELTERING CAPABILITIES IF NEEDED. AND ALL THOSE POWER COMPANIES ARE JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO PACK THEIR PATIENCE TOMORROW BECAUSE THEY SAY WHILE THEY ARE EXPECTING A LOT OF OUTAGE REPORTS, THEY CAN ONLY SEND THEIR CREWS OUT THERE TO BEGIN THEIR RESTORATION WORK. ONCE THE CONDITIONS ARE ACTUALLY SASAFE ENOUGH TO DO SO. SO THEY'RE JUST ASKING PEOPLE TO BE PATIENT WHI
