the first Federal activities at Mount Weather were flying weather balloons and kites
Source: National Archives, Aerial of Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, Virginia
the first Federal activities at Mount Weather were flying weather balloons and kites
Source: National Archives, Aerial of Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, Virginia
The site of the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center, in the Blue Ridge on the border of Loudoun and Clarke counties, was purchased by the National Weather Bureau after 1900 to launch weather balloons and kites for upper air research. Responsibility for it has been transferred to a variety of Federal organizations, including at one time the US Army Corps of Engineers Office of Emergency Preparedness.
When the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created in 1979, it was given control of Mount Weather. Today the Federal Emergency Management Agency is a part of the Department of Homeland Security, which uses the facility to support emergency management operations and Continuity of Operations Plans for multiple Federal agencies.1
Mount Weather facilities were upgraded after the 9/11 terrorist attacks
Source: ESRI, ArcGIS Online