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Oswego Daily News

High Wind Warning Sunday for Oswego County from Hurricane Irene

August 27, 2011 Contributor

Hurricane Irene may just nick us in Oswego County, but she’ll still have an effect on our weather. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory starting at 8:00 a.m. Sunday and running to midnight.

Winds will come from the north at 25 to 35 miles an hour with gusts up to 50 miles an hour.

UPDATE, SUNDAY MORNING: The weather service has reissued the warning and has added one interesting fact:  The winds we’ll be seeing will come from the north.  “Trees in the area are anchored for prevailing west to southwest winds and are very susceptible to even marginally strong winds from the north.”.

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Fulton Daily News

Oswego County Completes Portion of Aerial Spraying Friday Night

August 27, 2011 Submitted article

The central area encompassed nearly 18,000 acres in the towns of New Haven, Volney, Hastings, Palermo and Mexico. Aerial spraying began on Tuesday, August 23 with the southern portion of the area and worked in a northerly direction, covering about two-thirds of the area. The remainder was finished tonight before spraying moved to the Dugway area, which included portions of the towns of Albion and Parish.

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Oswego Daily News

Grant for Innovative Security at Port of Oswego Aims to Prevent Attackers Coming Through Oswego from Canada

August 26, 2011 Steve Yablonski

Terry Hammill, chair of the port's board of directors, present Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand with a plaque designating her as an honorary harbormaster in Oswego.An official of the Port of Oswego says, simply, that if someone wanted to sneak into America, he could take a boat from Canada and be in Oswego in 40 minutes and in New York City in a couple of days.

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand visited the port to celebrate a grant that will create what one person calls an innovative approach to making the Port of Oswego — and the region — a little more safe.

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Oswego Daily News

Oswego County Aerial Spray Is Postponed – Again

August 25, 2011 Contributor

The Oswego County Health Department postponed its plans to spray an area of central Oswego County tonight due to the high winds. Wind speed is one of the many parameters used to make the determination to proceed with aerial spraying.  Weather permitting, the department will resume aerial spraying Friday evening, Aug. 26.

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Fulton Daily News

State Declares Emergency Due to Hurricane Irene; County ‘Monitoring Events’ For Now

August 25, 2011 Contributor

This image, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, shows the probable path of Hurricane Irene as of 5:00 p.m. Thursday. The projection shows New York City is directly in the path of the hurricane, while Central New York is on the edge of the storm. It's only a projection of the likely outcome and can change. Oswego County’s emergency managers are keeping an eye on Hurricane Irene’s path, but so far, see no reason to join the state in its round-the-clock emergency response to the cyclone.

“We’re monitoring the events,” said Terry Bennett, emergency services program coordinator for the county.

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