Almost every single department in the city of Wichita has been impacted by the cyberattack that happened Sunday night. “Every department within the city of Wichita is just trying its best right now to go about day to day operations,” said Wichita Mayor Lily Wu. The Wichita fire fighter’s union says the system that alerts fire fighters when there’s a call in their area is down so now the department is having to monitor their radios 24/7 to make sure they don’t miss a call. “We’re on for 24 hours so having to monitor the radios when normally you’d be sleeping is a hardship,” said the Union’s vice president Dustin Winter. He says usually firefighters can sleep throughout the night because if something happens all the lights will turn on and an alarm will sound but that’s not happening right now. The Fraternal Order of Police says the Wichita Police Department is also having to change things up a bit to work through changes the outage caused. “The Fraternal Order of Police is aware of the cybersecurity incident and have been working closely with Chief Sullivan and his command staff to ensure that our officers have the necessary resources to maintain exceptional service standards. While the incident has caused some more traditional methods to get the mission accomplished, rest assured that the dedicated men and women of the Wichita Police Department are diligently working to uphold our commitment to exceptional customer service and public safety,” said the FOP’s president in a statement to KAKE News. (…) First responders aren’t the only ones being impacted.
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Burden, Kansas is in clean up mode on Tuesday following high winds that caused thousands of dollars worth of damage and debris. In fact, some of the damage was so severe that a local high school took it upon themselves to send out some of their students to help the community. “The wind, I’ve never heard wind like that in my life,” said Rey Kehr, Burden resident. Kehr is dealing with the aftermath of Monday’s severe weather. His lawn is now littered with tree limbs. County officials estimate winds reached 80 miles per hour during the storm; and the damage is clear throughout town. Driving down Main Street you see an abandoned building now mostly bricks. That isn’t the worst of it. The most damage in Burden took place at storage facilities at Cowley County’s public works district three building. At least two structures were almost totally destroyed by wind. “Sadly the building behind me was one of the originals for this. It dates back to the 30s and 40s,” said County Administrator Lucas Goff. The damage at the public works property could be upwards of $750,000 to fix. This serves as a reminder that tornadoes aren’t the only kind of severe weather you should be watching out for. In fact, high winds can often be just as damaging. It’s not all bad news though. The community came together in a big way. High school students from USD 426 decided to volunteer their time and load up 5 trailers full of branches and debris from yards in need.
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