[Colorado-talk] Legislative issues

[James Beal]

My name is James Beal and I am from pueblo, CO. Regarding your concerns 
about emergency notivificationsi use a standard radio, one I carry in 
my brief case. which has a weather band. NOAA has stations all over the 
state which broadcast emergency information as needed. This can be more 
reliable than some iphone notices. About a year and a half ago our 
Colorado Springs chapter president, Jeanette Fortin, and I were 
attending a meeting at the U. S;.Olympic Training Center here in 
Colorado Springs. I found out  more about flooding whichmade it 
necessary for the buses to stop running to assist in flood evacuations 
 from the west side of town than I did from any other source.Food for 
thought. Welcome to Colorado.

James Beal
bealcorgi at aol.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Burke via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
To: Taylor Summer <taylorsummer1993 at hotmail.com>; NFB of Colorado 
Discussion List <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, Dec 10, 2014 2:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Colorado-talk] Legislative issues

Welcome Taylor!  Glad to have you as a part of the NFB of Colorado.
Have you joined a chapter? Is there one near you?

Our legislative issues are directed by our membership at our annual
convention.  They come in the form of resolutions.  We passed a number
of these in October, several dealing with Colorado's Division of
Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR).

I can only partly address your questions about emergency
notifications.  First, I've never given it a lot of thought as a
topic, but it can be important.  Many radio stations still interrupt
broadcasts to issue emergency weather alerts, but I'm not in the habit
of listening to the radio during work hours.

During the flooding in September 2013, my iPhone gave me a number of
flood alerts and heavy storm alerts.  I bet that a lot of folks on
this list set those alerts on their iPhone in one app or another, and
then just forget about it till a warning appears.

HTH. If you have other questions you can certainly write to me off
this list.  We hope to get our resolutions posted on the web shortly.

Best,
Dan






On 12/8/14, Taylor Summer via Colorado-talk <colorado-talk at nfbnet.org> 
wrote:
> Hi all,
> My name is Taylor Summer
> I am new to this group and organization
>
> I wanted to know more about your legislative issues because I have 
some of
> my own issues that I am trying to address, and wanted your input on 
them.
> One issue that I may come across in the future is not having proper
> notification of an emergency that is one thing that I am trying to 
grasp
> about what I can do in case if there was an emergency especially 
weather
> related.
>
> The reason why I ask this is because I am wanting to get out on my own
> someday and want to be prepared for in my future.
>
> Please let me know what I can do to make this easier for me.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Taylor Summer
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