Storm Preparation 2000
on KET lets viewers call in
with weather questions
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	Frankfort, Ky. (January 26, 2000) - Lightning. Hail. Floods.
Tornadoes.  The ravages of Mother Nature demonstrate her 
devastating and
deadly force, yet experts say most hazardous weather deaths are preventable.
What can individuals and communities do to prepare when severe--and
potentially life-threatening--weather hits?

	KET-TV presents Storm Preparation 2000, a live call-in program
featuring some of Kentucky's leading experts on hazardous weather
preparedness.  Airing Monday, Jan. 31 at 10/9 p.m. CT, the one-hour program
allows viewers to call in with their weather-related questions and concerns.

	Panelists will include Chris Allen, weather director for WBKO-TV in
Bowling Green and board chairman for the Warren County Rescue Squad, Sabrina
Bowling, a community disaster education leader with the American Red Cross,
and warning coordination meteorologist Rick Shanklin of the National Weather
Service's Paducah office.  Footage from the Jan. 3 Owensboro tornado will be
shown. 

	Storm Preparation 2000, a production of KET in partnership with the
Kentucky Severe Storms Preparedness Committee, is produced by Duncan Hart.
The program is close-captioned for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.  Viewers
can find out  more about programming on KET by visiting the KET website at
http://www.ket.org, a Kentucky.com affiliate.