 The U.S. National Weather Service has posted an advisory for heavy gusts of winds affecting the area during the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 9th. Unsecured objects can be blown away, potentially causing more harm. Pike County Emergency Management has some advice on how to prepare. The first front will, like I say, it'll be in the AM hours tonight into tomorrow morning. And then the second front is the one that could possibly impact more of the county with sustained winds, whether it be in the valleys or the ridge tops. So like I say, securing anything that you have loose out around your homes and, you know, just keeping an eye on overhanging branches, limbs, you know, a wind gust like that if, you know, someone has a trampoline, for instance, we see when there are wind gusts, you'll see sporadically you'll see a trampoline in a tree or wrapped on a telephone lines or something like that. So things like that, if you can secure those type things in the next 24 hours, that's probably not a bad thing to do to try to secure anything that's loose. The winds could also blow tree limbs into power lines leading to electrical outages. In the event of a power outage, make sure to have light and heat sources, as well as non-perishable foods. As of right now, you know, there is a potential for that because of the fact that, you know, if you do have power lines that have trees close to them that could, there could be foliage and limbs take out lines. So it's something to always be aware of, be alert and, you know, have had an emergency preparedness kit. Try to have flashlight, charge your cell phone devices or tablets, those type things. Try to make sure that you've got a little supply of perishable food, non-perishable food and some water in case you did have a power outage. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Nick Colum.