2016 Santa Claus Tracker: NORAD, Google and Wisconsin

WISCONSIN — Santa Claus is coming to town, and these days we have the ability to find out where Santa is as he travels around the globe on Christmas Eve night.

Thanks to NORAD, we've been able to chart Santa's path across the night sky for over the last 61 years, and this year there's a new Santa tracker that will help parents - and their children - keep track of the big guy.

The Official NORAD Santa Tracker
http://www.noradsanta.org/

This year also marks the debut of the Google Santa Tracker, which allows people to keep track of Santa and his reindeer through real-time location details and the power of Google Maps.

Google Santa Tracker
https://santatracker.google.co...

In Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker directed the Wisconsin National Guard and Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) to once again provide assistance for a very special holiday traveler on Saturday night as he makes his annual rounds through the Badger State.

“This is a mission we look forward to every year,” Governor Walker said. “By tasking the Wisconsin National Guard and WEM with providing food and water for the reindeer, along with hot cocoa and weather updates for Santa Claus, we are doing our part to help him bring Christmas magic to the children of Wisconsin.”

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Refueling Wing in Milwaukee will link up with Santa in the skies over Lake Superior, providing carrots and water for the reindeer as well as hot chocolate and power bars for Santa. The Wisconsin Air National Guard’s 128th Air Control Squadron, based at Volk Field, Wisconsin, will keep other air traffic out of Santa’s delivery corridors during his brief time in Wisconsin.

You can join ReadyWisconsin and follow Santa as he travels across Wisconsin beginning at 9:00 p.m. on Christmas Eve. Updates will be posted every five minutes on ReadyWisconsin’s Facebook and Twitter pages.

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