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Tuesday July 08, 2008 at 10:32 pm
My Day In Front of Glenpool City Council


     I covered city council meetings back in the old days when I was a weekday reporter and weekend meteorologist in Midland/Odessa, Texas, but I've never given a presentation to one before. When we heard that the city of Glenpool was interested in buying its residents Frank's WeatherCall, we went into a series of talks that concluded with a presentation before the city council.

     Outdoor sirens can only do so much, and like many cities, Glenpool's sirens aren't perfect. Very often they can't be heard above the roar of  thunderstorms or the noise of a loud snorer. If you are asleep and you can't hear a siren or if its not working, how would you know if there is a tornado headed towards your house? How will you know to take cover? WeatherCall takes care of that by calling your house with plenty of time to seek shelter.

     Yours truly, our news director, general manager and Glenpool's police chief stood before the city council and showed them these benefits of WeatherCall. Then after some very good questions, they voted. It was a strange feeling watching them vote in front of us knowing that there was a chance that one or all of them could turn us down. Instead they all agreed that Weathercall is needed for the city and would make it one of the safest cities in Oklahoma. For much less than the cost of buying a new siren which could go off even when the storm is in another part of the county many miles away from Glenpool, all residents will be called when a severe and possibly tornadic storm is headed into town at the expense of the city.

    This really showed how much Glenpool cares about its residents. Glenpool should be very proud to have a government that cares that much. We were so excited and honored to be a part of that, that we celebrated by going out to dinner.....in Glenpool!

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Mandy
I moved down there in '03 and moved back on '04. I absolutely loved it there. Would move back if I could. My husband worked for Capstar Drilling and as soon as his rig was stacked we decided to move back. I miss it there...

m.,meade
hi i love wewather i want to be a cheif meterologist....

Lesa B
Frank, on last nights news you mentioned something about Rocklahoma and that one of your weather spotters worked it. Did you say he gave advanced warning of the Saturday night storm to the staff? How much warning did he give? Thanks!!

Frank Mitchell
Mandy When did you live there? I was there in the late 80s.

Mandy
I just wanted to say that I never knew you were a weatherman in Odessa/Midland. I used to live there!

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