“A December severe weather event,” Hamman said, and ” is extremely rare and unprecedented in our area and I applaud all of our communities, business partners, local media and first responders for stepping up throughout the day to get the word out and to be prepared for what could have and eventually did happened. Please continue to use caution if you’re out and driving as there is still downed trees and power lines throughout the county. Public works and utility companies are out and doing their best to restore power and cleanup debris.”