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National Preparedness Month: Are you ready for a hurricane?

Are You Prepared?

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• Did you know that September is National Preparedness Month?
• With Hurricane Isaac nearby, and only one year since Hurricane Irene, we are reminded emergencies can happen anytime
• OEM (Office of Emergency Management) is urging New York residents to sign up for Notify NYC, the City’s official emergency notification system. Subscribers receive text messages, e-mails, phone calls or Tweets about significant citywide events, as well as smaller events happening in their own neighborhoods. These notifications cover topics such as severe weather, school closures, subway disruptions, and traffic advisories in all areas of the city.
• Anyone can sign up and customize the alerts they would like to receive by visiting nyc.gov/notifynyc or following @ Notify NYC
• To learn more about Notify NYC and OEM, please check us out on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @ Notify NYC, or visit nyc.gov/oem.

Are you prepared? I thought I was last year for Hurricane Irene. I have a ground level apartment so I decided to move some of my belonging to higher ground all the counters were covered with drawers from dressers just in case water came in. I am so glad that we knew that the storm would be bad and to take action. We braved the storm but when the power when out that is when I got nervous, that meant the sump pump wouldn’t be working and before we knew it I had about 6 inches of water in my apartment.
I had thought I planned for the worst, but there is always something to think of in these “what if” scenarios. No major damage, the power went back on. We cleaned out all the water and everything was back to normal. I am glad to have now signed up for all the notifications to keep me in the loop of what is happening in NYC. If the power goes out there is still a way to get notified via text messages or if you have internet access on your phone you can get e-mails.

Spread the word to fellow New Yorkers to get notified by the OEM. Time is of the essence and being prepared is key.

 

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Comments

  4. We just bought a new first aid kit and flashlight batteries. We need to stock up on water, food, and some other supplies.

  7. We’re in Kentucky so we’re just sending solidarity and best wishes to those who live near the ocean.

    ky2here at msn dot com

  10. We are in Oklahoma so our concern is more for Tornadoes than Hurricanes and we must be always prepared with water and supplies.
    cjnedrow at gmail dot com

  12. i have a first aid kit & a generator but hoping the hurricanes don’t hit ohio!
    sending prayers to anywhere in these storms paths though

  16. No hurricanes where I live, but we do have severe thunderstorms with power failures. I keep extra water on hand because we’re on a well and extra batteries for flashlights.

  20. We’ve made plans to get the shed out back anchored and we have our supplies for if we should lose power.

  22. Live in the midwest and we aren’t really affected by hurricanes…we usually just get some rain. We do have tornados though and I have a weather radio to alert me to danger.

  31. We don’t have hurricanes, mostly snow storms and we are prepared with a snowplow and generator

  33. Here in Ohio it’s more tornadoes that we worry about: I have a stash of candles, flashlights and batteries and bottled water and canned food to last for about a week.

  37. We have water and water filtering pitchers. We have grills for cooking and a supply of nonperishable foods. We would be okay for a very short time.

  44. I just went through Hurricane Isaac, so I need to refill my supplies.

    chrissylea1979 (at)gmail(dot) com

  48. I am up North, so we dont get the hurricanes…just the storms and rain that can come up. We always keep flashlights and batteries handy for when we loose power! Would love to get more prepared though as we do get alot of tornado warnings around me.

  49. We haven’t done anything. It’s bad I know but we are not usually affected by them other than some rain. thank you!

  52. Living in Florida we are always ready with freshwater, batteries and food to last for five days.

  53. We have bottled water, canned and non perishable foods, plenty of flashlights and lanterns.
    Also a first aid kit and several hand crank radios.

  54. No hurricanes here – only tornadoes and earthquakes.
    Water, food, flashlights and batteries

  58. We don’t have hurricanes here but there is always a threat of an earthquakes and wildfires. I try to keep 6 months of food storage and we’d love to get a generator.

  59. We don;t have hurricanes but every six months we update our emergency supplies. We have food, water and batteries etc.

  64. We don’t get those, but we’re preparing for tornado season with bottle water and non-perishable groceries.

  69. No hurricanes in the Midwest, but for tornadoes, I got a weather radio to wake me up if severe weather happens in the middle of the night

  72. We’re not anywhere near the ocean, so really the only preparation that we do is listen to the weather and find it if we need an umbrella or not and make sure the pool cover pump is on the pool cover.

  74. we have 78 hours wiorth of food and water – candles – flashlights and a garage full of wood to cover windows

  75. Living near Dallas we don’t have hurricanes but we do have tornadoes. We keep flashlights and batteries in stock and we have a safe place to go.

  78. We don’t have hurricanes here, but we do get tornadoes as a result of them sometimes. I have batteries, lanterns, candles, a radio that runs on batteries or hand crank and other items stored in a dedicated cabinet are so everyone knows where they are.

  80. I bottle water and fill tubs when there is a warning.I am stocked up on canned goods.I live 60 miles from the coast in N.Fl so hurricanes are a threat.

  83. We don’t get hurricanes here, but we do need to be prepared for earthquakes. That reminds me that I need to update my earthquake kit.

  89. We dont get hurricanes here in Illinois, but we do get the remnants. We just got 6 plus inches of rain from Issac. We made sure we had lots of candles. Luckily our power was only out for four hours.

  90. I don’t prepare for hurricane season. If I know one could be headed our way, we load up on water, canned foods, batteries, and flashlights. Just last week with Isaac, we lost a few tins on our porch, so this would help us repair it if I won.

  93. I’m in Tennessee, so no hurricanes here, but we do have tornadoes and flooding, so we prepare for that by having a wireless weather radio, flashlights, and plenty of water.

  95. I live in Eastern Tennessee where the mountains tear apart most storm systems. Remnants of hurricane lows don’t have much impact. The winds do more damage than anything, so we stock up on batteries for the power outages.

  98. No hurricanes here but be prepare for tornado season with emergency radio, flashlight, water bottles and blankets.

  109. We’re not in the hurricane zone, but Indiana definitely gets tornadoes! We prepare by having flashlights and batteries and blankets ready…we watch the news and go down to the basement when we’re told to!

  111. Since we get some bad winter weather here, we always keep a first aid kit, flashlights, water, and blankets in our van at all times.

    beckytag618 at gmail dot com

  115. We don’t get them here. But we stock up flashlights, water and food for earthquakes
    mightynaynay(at)cs.com

  116. We stock the basement with non parishables in the even that we need to be in the basement for long periods of time.

  117. we always keep fresh batteries and a few gallons of water on hand for bad weather

    jagar0047 at yahoo dot com

  120. I’m in California (near San Fran) so we don’t get hurricanes…. we get earthquakes and big ones too. We always keep flash lights and batteries on hand at all times.

  131. We stocked up on food and bottled drinks as well as getting flashlights and some games we can play in the dark!

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