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City of Altoona Announcements: IMPORTANT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS INFORMATION FOR CITY RESIDENTS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL STORM ON OCTOBER 29TH & 30TH

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IMPORTANT EMERGENCY OPERATIONS INFORMATION FOR CITY RESIDENTS RELATED TO THE POTENTIAL STORM ON OCTOBER 29TH & 30TH

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NEWS RELEASE – For Immediate Release

Date: October 26, 2012 3:00 P.M.

Contact: Linda Rickens Schellhammer, City Clerk, Public Information Officer, City of Altoona - 949-2486

CITY OF ALTOONA EMERGENCY OPERATION INFORMATION

IN ANTICIPATION OF THE STORM WHICH MAY AFFECT US MONDAY AND TUESDAY OCTOBER 29TH AND 30TH THE CITY OF ALTOONA PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING EMERGENCY OPERATION INFORMATION:

1. KEEP YOUR CELL PHONES CHARGED NOW AND THROUGHOUT THE

WEEKEND IN THE EVENT YOU LOSE LAND LINE PHONE SERVICE AND POWER

2. REPORT YOUR POWER OUTAGE TO PENELEC. THE NUMBER IS: 1-888- LIGHTSS (1-888-544-4877)

3. THE CITY EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER PHONE NUMBER IS: 949-2550. PLEASE WRITE THIS NUMBER DOWN NOW. ALSO, FOLLOW THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA TO SEE WHEN THE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER IS ACTIVATED AND OPEN TO TAKE YOUR PHONE CALLS

4. RECEIVE CITY EMERGENCY UPDATES NOW AND THROUGHOUT THE STORM BY E MAIL AND TEXT BY GOING TO WWW.ALTOONAPA.GOV AND REGISTERING FOR ALERTS. LOOK FOR PUBLIC SAFETY/COMMUNITY ALERTS REGISTRATION IN THE LEFT COLUMN ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE CITY’S WEB SITE.

FOLLOW THE NEWS MEDIA AND RAPID NOTIFY (COMMUNITY ALERTS) FOR UPATED INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.

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