Sometimes, events occur almost simultaneously, or one event causes the other, compounding a bad situation. Far from a MOM event, but this past winter, events in our area combined forces to create disaster events that caught local emergency services off guard. The local forecast at that time can be found here

This event was on the tail end of one of the worst winters our area has experienced in quite some time. The snow falls may seem small, but many counties were running low or completely out of salt to treat roads due to heavy snows in previous months. The flooding was a major concern, as people were having to evacuate from their homes as the waters rose and the snow fell, and emergency services had both events to contend with.

Keep in mind also, this was AFTER we received heavy snow fall in february, nearly 2 foot. While for some folks this would be just like any other winter, for us it was nearly catastrophic. We're just not used to getting that much snow at once. The problems from this snow event were compounded by the widespread water outages it caused, not to mention the power outages.

Needless to say, emergency services were pushed to their limits. It wasn't that they weren't prepared to handle the events, they just weren't prepared to handle the compounded effects of multiple events occurring at once. A positive that came out of this is that local officials are revisiting and reevaluating their emergency and disaster scenarios.