We are wrapping up a week of emergency preparedness education throughout our region. Individual emergency management agency directors from many counties have been making group presentations and sounding the alert telling people to be sure to be ready for high winds and foul weather that may be ahead in the spring months and remaining weeks of winter. Carter County EMA Director Andrew Worley says he and all public employees should make a special effort to anticipate and be prepared for the worst. Planning and preparedness can make a tremendous amount of difference between struggling to get through an emergency and surviving the situation well. (CS)