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2024 Hennepin County All -Jurisdiction Hazard Mitigation Plan <br />Volume 2 — Hazard Inventory <br />Education and Awareness Programs <br />• Vehicle fleet crews and others who spend substantial time on the road should be familiar <br />with NWS warning products, jurisdictions, and be familiar with how to obtain pertinent <br />information. All professional drivers should carry winter weather survival supplies. <br />• Homeowners and commercial properties should be aware of snow load safety and best <br />practices for preventing roof damage. See FEMA document P-957, "Snow Load Safety <br />Guide" (January 2013) <br />• Members of the general public should understand the risks posed by winter storms, and <br />should review the information available at https://dps.mn.gov/divisions/hsem/weather- <br />awareness-preparedness/Pages/wi nter-storms.aspx. <br />4.3.11.13. Recovery <br />Recovery from a major snow event can take days, or even weeks if it is complicated by a combination of <br />cold weather, power outages, fallen trees, ice, or snow. In forested areas, logging activities may be <br />significantly impacted, and fuel loads may exacerbate the potential for wildland fire. In addition to power <br />outages, persistent wind loading on structures has at times caused gas line ruptures. <br />4.3.11.14. References <br />Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office, 751h Anniversary of the Armistice Day Blizzard, <br />http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/armistice_day_blizzard.html <br />Minnesota DNR State Climatology Office, Tornado of March 31, 2014, <br />http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/climate/journal/tornadoesl40331.html <br />National Weather Service, Winter Safety Home Page, http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/winter/ <br />National Weather Service, Winter Storms: The Deceptive Killers, ARC 4467 NOAA/PA 200160, 12 pp. <br />Available at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/os/winter/resources/Winter_Storms2008.pdf <br />National Weather Service- La Crosse Forecast Office, Armistice Day Storm - November 11, 1940, <br />http://www.weather.gov/arx/nov111940 <br />National Weather Service -La Crosse Forecast Office, Blizzard/Winter Storm of December10-12, 2010, <br />http://www.weather.gov/arx/decillo <br />Schwartz, Robert M., and Thomas W. Schmidlin. "Climatology of blizzards in the conterminous United <br />States, 1959-2000." Journal of Climate 15.13 (2002): 1765-1772. <br />183 <br />