The 2006 Hazardous Weather Awareness Poster and Essay Contests were sponsored by:

• Federal Alliance For Safe Homes
• Florida's American Red Cross Chapters
• Florida Association of Broadcasters
• Florida Emergency Preparedness Association
• Florida's National Weather Service Offices
• Jacksonville Forecast Office
• Key West Forecast Office
• Melbourne Forecast Office
• Miami / South Florida Forecast Office
• Mobile / Pensacola Forecast Office
• Tallahassee Forecast Office
• Tampa Bay Forecast Office
• State of Florida Division of Emergency Management
• State of Florida Department of Education

Hazardous Weather Awareness Week Guides

Statewide Poster Contest - Any fourth or fifth grader in Florida could submit their poster to be judged in this statewide contest.

Statewide Essay Contest - Any ninth, tenth, eleventh or twelfth grader in Florida could submit their essay to be judged in this statewide contest.

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	Statewide Poster Contest Judging 1,137 posters representing 27 school districts from throughout Florida were entered into the 2006 Hazardous Weather Awareness Poster Contest.
	Let the Judging begin! The 14 members of the Judging Team were from the many organizations sponsoring the 2006 contest.
	Posters were first spread out on the floor one county at a time.
	Then individual Judges would evaluate posters one at a time until a single poster was chosen as the best for a given county.
	Then the process would move on to the next county.
	A few of the counties had over 200 hundred posters that had to be Judged.
	And so the Judging continues.
	Here Bob Goree, with the Tallahassee Forecast Office of the National Weather Services, review the content of a poster.
	Rows of posters awaiting to be Judged.
	Judging Team members review a poster painted by a handicapped student from Walton County.
	While the poster art work on was the first criteria being Judged special attention was also given to the correctness of the message and spelling.
	And the process continued to move forward.
	After two hours of poster Judging it was time for everyone to enjoy lunch which consisted of pizzas.
	Judging continued even during lunch!
	Almost there! The best poster from each of the 27 counties are ready to be Judged.
	Down to identifying the First, Second and Third place winners as well as seven Runners-Up
	After four hours the Judging Team gathers to display the winning posters.
	First Place Tyler Traniello Fifth Grade Deep Creek Elementary School Charlotte County Charlotte County Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Second Place Lashodd Carey Fifth Grade Bethune Elementary School Broward County Broward County Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Third Place Casey Ebeling Fifth Grade Atlantis Elementary School Brevard County Space Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Region One - Runner-Up Angelica Voje Fifth Grade Blue Angels Elementary School Escambia County Northwest Florida Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Region Three - Runner-Up Ryan Marovsky Fifth Grade Resurection School Duval County Northeast Florida Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Region Four - Runner-Up Hannah Wise Fifth Grade St Petersburg Christian School Pinellas County Tampa Bay Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Region Five - Runner-Up Grady Maynard Fourth Grade Treadway Elementary School Lake County Florida's Coast To Coast Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Region Six - Runner-Up Cayton Chrisman Fifth Grade Freedom Elementary School Manatee County Managee County Chapter of the American Red Cross
	Region Seven - Runner-Up Devon Blank Fifth Grade Seawind Elementary School Martin County Martin County Chapter of the American Red Cross
	2006 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week Kickoff Media representatives gather in the Rotunda of Florida's Capitol to cover the announcement of the winners of the Statewide Poster and Statewide Essay Contests and to kickoff Florida's 2006 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week.
	Toni Jennings, Florida's Lieutenant Governor, begins the 2006 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week Kickoff event by reading the Governor's Hazardous Weather Awareness Week Proclamation.
	Ben Nelson, State Meteorologist with the State of Florida Division of Emergency Management discusses the activities planned throughout Florida during the 2006 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week.
	Statewide Essay Contest - Grand Prize Winner Grand Prize Winner of the 2006 Statewide Essay Contest, John Turner an eleventh grade student at Leon County's Lincoln High School reads his winning essay. Read all seven winning ESSAYS.
	John Turner receives a NOAA Weather Radio from John Winn, Commissioner for the State of Florida Department of Education.
	Statewide Poster Contest - First Place Winner First Place Winner Tyler Traniello a fifth grade student from Punta Gorda receives a NOAA Weather Radio from Chris Floyd, Emergency Services Director with the Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross.
	Statewide Essay Contest winner John Turner is interviewed by one of the numerous television stations present at the 2006 Hazardous Weather Awareness Week Kickoff
	Tyler Traniello with his First Place poster.

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