Extreme Weather Means Extreme Planning

Hi All,

I suspect that you all know that LI i susceptible to hurricanes...well, the official start of the hurricane season starts in a few weeks (starts June 1st) and continues through November.

Because of the heavy rain this morning I was thinking about flooding - add to the fact that the Mississippi is overflowing its banks out west and well, you can understand why I'm thinking about emergency preparedness and planning. Hence this blog entry. Not too much fun to think about but it is practical, helpful, and a very timely topic.

A very, very good place to start to do research on emergency's is the Nassau County Department of Emergency Management website. Click here to visit the site.

The site is useful for its links to Emergency Preparedness, a Disaster Checklist, Hurricane Preparedness links, (click here for the Hurricane Preparedness Brochure) Evacuation Routes, Hurricane Evacuation Shelters and more.

All of these link are located on the left side of the screen - and, as of the date that I wrote this entry, were in a blue box - and under the Emergency Preparedness link in the box. Click on each topic above to link to that particular page on the Nassau County site.

I'm going to go into a bit of detail for the Disaster Checklist category that I mentioned above. It is a pretty helpful link -and it is interesting and timely. Click here for the particular link.

On this page, you'll find a section for 'Preparing a Home' in case of a emergency - including a home emergency plan, disaster supply kit, and meeting place. Another section of the page has a list for a Disaster Checklist, links to the American Red Cross, links to the Nassau County Police, and a link to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Click here for a list of Emergency Contact phone numbers on a local, state, and national level. It might be good for a quick reference type guide.

And....at a future date, I do plan to a blog entry talking about FEMA and Floodsmart.gov

Enjoy -but I hope you don't have to use these links any time soon!

Stu

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