[WardFive] HURRICANE FLORENCE Preparedness

HURRICANE FLORENCE

For general DC Hurricane Information, you may visit this website: https://ready.dc.gov/hurricane

 

 

To get critical updates regarding Hurricane Florence impact on DC, you may visit this website: www.ready.dc,gov and register for AlertDC. 

 

ALERT.HELP@DC.GOV

Twitter: DC_HSEMA

https://hsema.dc.gov/

https://www.instagram.com/dchsema/

https://www.facebook.com/HSEMADC

 

   

 

 

For information on Hurricane Florence from the National Weather Service:

https://twitter.com/nhc_atlantic

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/

 

In your individual and home emergency preparedness planning, please consider the following checks and recommendations (this is a non-exhaustive list, also, please know it is not a proprietary creation of mine):

 

●         Fill up your car's gas tank

●         Have a 3-day, one gallon per person per day supply of water

●         Have a 3-day supply of non-perishable, easy to prepare food

●         Have a flashlight and extra batteries

●         First aid kit

●         Medications

●         All-purpose tool kit

●         Cell phone and chargers

●         Cash (ATMs may be down after storm)

●         Wait 10 seconds before redialing a number. If you redial too quickly, the data from the handset to the cell sites do not have enough time to clear before you've re-sent the same data. This contributes to a clogged network

●         Use the Internet to communicate by email, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks.

●         These communication channels allow you to share information quickly with a widespread audience or to find out if loved ones are OK. The Internet can also be used for telephone calls through Voice over Internet Protocol.

●         Send a text message, which may go through when phone calls cannot.

●         Check your loved one's social media pages (i.e., Facebook, Twitter), as they may have already gone online to tell their story.

●         Send an email

●         Call friends and relatives who may have already been in contact with your loved ones

●         This is the time for our community to come together and support each other. We encourage you to check on your neighbors and offer support to elderly members of our community.

Stay  Safe

Robert

 

Robert Vinson Brannum

President Emeritus, DC Federation of Civic Associations, Inc.

Chairman Emeritus, 5^th District Citizens' Advisory Council, Inc.