Lori Postma, a firefighter, RN and manager of emergency preparednessat Franciscan Health, discusses the difference between a severe weather watch and warning and how to find safe places at these times. Firefighter Lori Postma was storm spotting when conditions suddenly turned dangerous in March. “We don’t have as much of the warning time as people do in a town or city,” she said of why she and her fellow Lake Township Fire Department firefighters were monitoring conditions in Newton County.