The Office of Emergency Management (OEM) toured the local National Weather Service (NWS) office this summer in order to build a partnership between the two agencies. In addition, the visit is part of the requirement for the University of Houston’s OEM to recertify its designation as a StormReady university.

OEM takes great pride in its StormReady recognition, a community preparedness program focusing on severe weather. There are 122 NWS offices in the country, and the Houston/Galveston office is how OEM receives reliable and credible information about the weather and how it may impact the University of Houston. Learn more about OEM’s StormReady.