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COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, THE LARIMER COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS
CENTER, THE CITY OF LOVELAND EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER, THE LOVELAND
MOBILE COMMAND POST AND TWO RED CROSS SHELTERS.  ON THE DAY AFTER THE
STORM, THE TOWN WAS STILL WITHOUT POWER AND REMAINED SO UNTIL LOCAL
UTILITIES COMPLETED A SURVEY OF ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINES IN THE
AFFECTED AREA.  THIS TOOK A COUPLE OF DAYS, RYAN SAID.  A MANDATORY
EVACUATION FOR SECTIONS OF WINDSOR WAS IN EFFECT DUE TO GAS LEAKS AND
DOWNED POWER LINES.  THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS ON DUTY AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR
ESCORTING EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN AND OUT OF THE AREA.  COLORADO GOVERNOR
BILL RITTER ORDERED THE NATIONAL GUARD TO AID RESCUE AND CLEANUP EFFORTS.
HE VISITED THE TOWN THURSDAY EVENING, SAYING THE NUMBER OF HOMES DAMAGED
WAS SIGNIFICANT AND DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR WELD COUNTY.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM FEMA WERE ON THE SCENE CONDUCTING DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS.
ONE DAY AFTER THE STORM, MARKHAM PLACED AN ADDITIONAL 15 AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS IN LARIMER AND WELD COUNTY ON STANDBY IN ANTICIPATION OF AN
OVERNIGHT SHIFT HE ALSO REQUESTED ADJACENT DISTRICTS TO PREPARE IN SUPPORT
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