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URL:https://lakecountydemocrats.org/events/el-nino-town-hall/
SUMMARY:El Niño Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:El Niño Town Hall: How might this El Niño impact Lake County\
 nWhen: Wednesday\, October 14\, 2026\, at 6:00pm\nWhere: Zoom https://us06
 web.zoom.us/j/82662375305\n\nThe Lake County Community Risk Reduction Auth
 ority (RRA) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) will be hosting an El Niño Town 
 Hall on possible impacts to Lake County this winter on Wednesday\, October
  14\, 2026\, at 6:00pm via Zoom.\n\nDistrict 3 Supervisor Eddie Crandell\,
  who represents the Lake County Watershed Protection District as one of th
 e Directors of the RRA\, will give the introduction and welcome\, then int
 roduce the first speaker\, Ryan Aylward\, Warning Coordination Meteorologi
 st with the National Weather Service\, in Eureka\, California\, whose fore
 cast area includes all of Lake County. After giving a brief overview of wh
 at an El Niño event is\, Aylward will explain how this El Niño event is 
 still increasing in severity\, and how that may impact Lake County\, inclu
 ding Clear Lake\, wildfire burn scars\, and more.\n\nThe next speaker will
  be Leah Sautelet\, Manager\, Lake County Office of Emergency Services (OE
 S)\, who will give an overview of preparedness actions the public can do\,
  and response activities that OES and other first responder agencies may t
 ake. Sautelet also will review the OES website for official information\, 
 Ready.LakeCountyCA.gov including how to sign up for emergency alerts.\n\nT
 he final speaker for the El Niño Town Hall will be Dr. Pawan Upadhyay\, D
 irector of the Lake County Watershed Protection District and the Water Res
 ources Department. Dr Upadhyay also serves as the Floodplain Administrator
  for the County and will speak about the National Flood Insurance Program 
 (NFIP) as well as mitigation projects including the Clover Creek Diversion
  and other issues important to residents.\n\nThroughout the Town Hall\, Jo
 hn Vandervort\, Senior Program Manager for Forest Health for the Lake Coun
 ty Resource Conservation District\, who also provides administration suppo
 rt to the RRA\, will moderate and address questions.\n\nPlease Submit Ques
 tions for the Panelists Prior to the El Niño Town Hall\n\nTo ensure the s
 peakers can address as many questions from residents as possible during th
 e 60 minute El Niño Town Hall\, you can submit questions online at: https
 ://forms.gle/nAPPzitvAxtjB5TE7\nTo Join the El Niño Town Hall Live\nThe E
 l Niño Town Hall will be live via Zoom at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8266
 2375305 +1 669 900 6833 US\, Meeting ID: 826 6237 5305\n\nYou also can wat
 ch the Town Hall in person at the Upper Lake Grange\, 9355 Government Stre
 et\, Upper Lake\, CA 95485 will have the Zoom meeting projected (No presen
 ters will be there live).\n\nOnce the Town Hall is concluded\, it will be 
 uploaded to the Lake County Community Risk Reduction Authority’s YouTube
  channel at: https://www.youtube.com/@LakeCountyRRA
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