Monday- it’s a new week and a new task.

Today I was given the task of compiling weather data

for Milledgeville in Baldwin County. This includes events like tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, hail
and other things that may be available. and the time is for today I was able to get data about
earthquakes as there was only one that ever reached a significant magnitude (above 3.5
magnitude). The next thing I wanted to look at was tornadoes and there were quite a few. I did
cross reference dates from both the national weather service and the NOAA in order to make
sure that everything that I was writing down was correct. It took me a very long time and I still
have not completed the list for tornadoes. I know the list for hurricanes is also going to be a
doozy.
Tuesday- it took me the rest of the morning to finish compiling the tornado list, although there
weren’t a ton left it was still enough that cross-referencing took a long time. It’s interesting to me
that Baldwin County in middle Georgia seemingly has less frequent and less severe tornadoes
than the rest of the state when they do happen. I’m not sure if there is a meteorological
explanation or if it just so happens to be that way but it was interesting nonetheless. Next up is
hurricanes, anyone who’s been in the southeastern United States long enough knows that
hurricanes are a menace every single year. There’s been quite a few that have affected the
Milledgeville and greater Baldwin county area of the course of the years and I managed to get a
few done before my day ends but the majority of it will have to be done tomorrow.
Wednesday- As I thought, it took me the rest of today to finish out the list of hurricanes due to
the fact that we get many of them every year and my supervisor wanted records as far back as
could be found and the record stretch back to the year 1950. 73 years of data takes a long time
to organize and format properly. With the last hour of my day I managed to compile all of the
hail data that was available as well, thankfully there wasn’t much because this region does not
see much hail every year. And when it does it’s usually not very big.
Thursday- there was one more set of data that I had to collect before my supervisor and I could
review the list and see whether or not I have done a good enough job. Flood data is actually
relatively easy to come by Kevin milledgeville‘s close proximity to the lake. There were detailed
records about water levels and crests that the river has made in the past. This was very useful
for indicating times of flood and times of drought with the river dropped below a certain level.
Thankfully this data was easy to find and organized already.
Friday- with everything but together my supervisor and I sat down to look over everything. You
help me I’ve done a relatively good job but certain formatting things needed to be changed and
things of that nature. The overall lesson of this assignment this week was not only how to write
a proper report but to make sure that the data that I had was good. When you work in
emergency management you may have to present data to the public and if it is incorrect the
media and Other sources may make an attempt to make you look foolish and or incompetent.
Whether it is to sensationalize something or to generate more traffic to their outlet, it happens.
Thankfully the sources I used like the national weather service and the NOAA are well
accredited and have good information. It was also a valuable insight into an industry I have
interest in, knowing that you are under a fair amount of scrutiny most of the time and that
ensuring accuracy is of the utmost importance especially when dealing with the public.
Date TIme in Time Out Hours worked

1/23/23 9:00 4:00 7 hrs

1/24/23 9:00 4:00 7 hrs

1/25/23 9:00 4:00 7 hrs

1/26/23 9:00 5:00 8hrs

1/27/23 9:00 2:00 5hrs

Weekly total 34

Grand total 98