"Obviously we don't have all the information that we need. Citizens live there - they know what the hazards are," said Mary George, assistant planning director of Catawba County.
The county developed a connection with the Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas (CPAC), which is a professional peer group that shares information, education and resources in contingency planning in North and South Carolina, according to its Web site. A CPAC representative attended the meeting to develop a relationship with the county.
Go to Emergency Management magazine's Web site for more information about Catawba County's mitigation planning meetings.