Friends and Neighbors: Middle-, high-school students join Weather Rangers program

There is always weather to watch. And now, students can learn first-hand the importance of preparedness and involvement through the new StormZone program called Weather Rangers. “Weather Rangers will be comprised of dedicated middle- and high-school students responsible for teaching their classmates and the community at large about the importance of severe weather-related disaster preparedness and community volunteerism,” said StormZone Director Bay Proby, who founded the program in 2006. “In any conversation, the most talked-about topic is weather, whether it is local, national or even international,” Proby said. Every year, thousands of Americans find themselves in harm's way from weather...