governor is urging people to use their weather radios as storms move into Kentucky.

A new program is making that possible for the 700,000 Kentuckians who are hearing impaired.

And the new program is named in honor of the late Virginia Moore, the longtime advocate for the hearing impaired who provided sign language during Governor Bashir's news briefings through the newly and appropriately named Moore Safe Nights program.

That is Moore.

Within a 700 free weather alert, Radios specifically adapted for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing are available at no cost, thanks to a partnership between the Kentucky Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management.

Equipped with pillow shaker and strobe light attachments, these weather radios, which we're going to show you in a second, are designed to alert people who are deaf and hard of hearing of severe weather in their area so they can take shelter to protect themselves and their families.

It's one of the 700,000 Kentuckians with hearing loss and mama to two daughters with hearing loss.

I can personally attest to how profound the impact will be from this program.

For people like myself who can't access information through auditory channels.

We all have to depend on our other senses to keep us aware in a way has become our ears.

And when we close our eyes and go to sleep, that access to awareness is gone.

I'm just very touched to see her legacy carried on.

This was her passion and I'm glad that her memory is still alive as she continues to serve people in Kentucky.

The program starts with 700 radios, but the governor says he will seek funding to make a radio available to anyone who wants one.

More on this tomorrow on Kentucky edition.