Living in an apartment community poses some unique considerations for hurricane preparedness. Sharing your walls and communal areas mean some actions are your responsibilities, while others depend on your neighbors and management. The following tips will help apartment dwellers be prepared in case of a...
Four years after Hurricane Katrina, the United States is “dangerously unprepared” for another major disaster with many key functions of disaster preparedness, response, relief, and recovery continuing to lack capacity to deliver core services and programs before and after a major disaster, due to ...
Financial preparedness is an essential part of 2018 hurricane season planning, the Federal Emergency Management Agency said. Being financially prepared means you should: Consider the costs associated with disasters such as insurance deductibles and evacuation costs, and plan for those costs. Anticipate ...
TechBits: Be prepared for the next natural disaster with a useful app from FEMA; femaFor the next natural disaster Washington may have been spared the worst of Hurricane Sandy, but it certainly was a reminder to be prepared for the next one. So take a look at this app from the Federal...
Since "Frankenstorm" has started to bring heavier rains and stronger winds, FEMA warns people to say off the roads and much as possible and look out for fallen tree limbs and power lines, in addition to staying away from standing water. FEMA Tweets Hurricane Sandy Updates & Tips Via Twitter...
Filed Under:UncategorizedTagged With:Amateur Radio,Antennas,CERT,Emergency Communications,FEMA,Field Deployment,Ham Radio,Homeland Security,Hurricane Preparedness,The Amateur Radio Parity Act As you may or may not know the Largest Ham Convention #hamvention is happening this weekend in Dayton Ohio. ...
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said on Sunday that the "historic flooding" inNorth Carolinafrom the remnants of Hurricane Helene has gone beyond what anyone could have planned for in the area. "I don't know that anybody could be fully prepared for the amount of flooding and landslides...
In thisSeptember 11th story over at WTOP in Washington DC, they report that just months ago, disaster planners for FEMA along with the Argonne National Laboratory conducted a simulation of a Category 4 hurricane striking along the middle of the East coast, with fictional 'Hurricane Cora' barrel...
Foryears,peoplehadbeenwarnedthatNewOrleanswasvulnerable(脆弱的).TheFEMAhadstatedthatahurricanehittingthecitywouldbeoneofthedeadliestdisastersinthehistoryofU.S.Butthen,inSeptember2004,NewOrleanshadbeensparedbyHurricaneIvan.However,ithadprovidedthecitywithaclearwarning.Ithadshowedtheneedtoprepareforthenexthurricane...
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