June 5, 2006: DOE Prepares for North Atlantic Hurricane Season
WASHINGTON - The North Atlantic hurricane season starts this month, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that it has taken a number of steps to prepare.
DOE has strengthened its hurricane response system through increased coordination with federal, state, and local leaders, including: training an additional 30 employees for emergency response, bringing the number of specially trained DOE response coordination personnel to more than 70; hosting the Energy Leadership forum in Tunica, Miss., in January to review best practices and lessons learned with industry representatives and federal, state, and local government leaders; updating and enhancing the hurricane modeling system for DOE's Visualization Room; working with states to improve their energy assurance plans; and implementing a toll-free hotline that will allow state and local leaders and representatives from the energy industry to improve communications with DOE during emergencies.