UPDATE:
Just in time for the approach of a late season snow storm, this is Severe Weather Preparedness Week.
What do you need to do to keep your family as safe as possible when Mother Nature goes wild?
“I'd recommend that everybody has an emergency kit well stocked and on hand at all times,” explained Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Libhart.
First and foremost on the list is water, a gallon a day for each person.
Of course if you know severe weather could be imminent, one way to ad to you water supply is to fill up your bath tub.
You really need to have three days of non-perishable food as well.
It is also advised that you have a flashlight with some extra batteries and also a key tool to have is a weather radio.
Don't forget a first aid kit, also some plastic sheeting, which is important if you have to shelter-in-place.
Other things you need include plastic utensils, a can opener and of course you've got to protect yourself, so some extra clothing is key.
You may need blankets, rainwear would be helpful, hats, trash bags, which can serve multiple roles, as can duct tape and of course a pair of boots.
Other items recommended by FEMA include some cash, a whistle to signal for help, a wrench or pliers, a small fire extinguisher, paper and pencil, matches and also chlorine bleach.
By no means is this a complete list.
“Our spring times here in Central Pennsylvania are about as unpredictable as our winters,” Libhart stated.
The worst possible disaster for our area may not be weather related.
“From a true catastrophe stand point my biggest fear would be a legitimate nuclear or radiological issue at TMI,” continued the Director.
Exelon Nuclear does has a comprehensive booklet with important emergency planning and safety information for a disaster at TMI.
Now is the time to take simple steps that you can take to help secure and protect your family.
If you would like to know more about what you need to do be ready and severe weather preparedness week including the statewide severe thunderstorms warning that is scheduled for tomorrow, we've got it for you attached to this story.
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Just in time for the approach of a late season snow storm, this is Severe Weather Preparedness Week.
What do you need to do to keep your family as safe as possible when Mother Nature goes wild?
At the Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency, they work hard all year to help keep you safe. But there are simple steps that you can take to help secure your family and make life easier for emergency management officials.
“I'd recommend that everybody has an emergency kit, or at least you have something on hand to sustain yourself,” explained Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Libhart.
To find out the items you should have in a 24-hour emergency kit, just click on the attached links or on Find It.
Lather Monday night, we'll take a closer look at what you need to have at your house. According to emergency management, the most dangerous natural disaster for us are floods like the ones we went through in 2011.
Tuesday at 10 a.m. if you have a weather radio it will be going off as part of a statewide severe thunderstorm warning drill.
Certainly none of them the next couple of days, but our weather will still be very interesting.
Just in time for the approach of a late season snow storm, this is Severe Weather Preparedness Week.
What do you need to do to keep your family as safe as possible when Mother Nature goes wild?
“I'd recommend that everybody has an emergency kit well stocked and on hand at all times,” explained Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Libhart.
First and foremost on the list is water, a gallon a day for each person.
Of course if you know severe weather could be imminent, one way to ad to you water supply is to fill up your bath tub.
You really need to have three days of non-perishable food as well.
It is also advised that you have a flashlight with some extra batteries and also a key tool to have is a weather radio.
Don't forget a first aid kit, also some plastic sheeting, which is important if you have to shelter-in-place.
Other things you need include plastic utensils, a can opener and of course you've got to protect yourself, so some extra clothing is key.
You may need blankets, rainwear would be helpful, hats, trash bags, which can serve multiple roles, as can duct tape and of course a pair of boots.
Other items recommended by FEMA include some cash, a whistle to signal for help, a wrench or pliers, a small fire extinguisher, paper and pencil, matches and also chlorine bleach.
By no means is this a complete list.
“Our spring times here in Central Pennsylvania are about as unpredictable as our winters,” Libhart stated.
The worst possible disaster for our area may not be weather related.
“From a true catastrophe stand point my biggest fear would be a legitimate nuclear or radiological issue at TMI,” continued the Director.
Exelon Nuclear does has a comprehensive booklet with important emergency planning and safety information for a disaster at TMI.
Now is the time to take simple steps that you can take to help secure and protect your family.
If you would like to know more about what you need to do be ready and severe weather preparedness week including the statewide severe thunderstorms warning that is scheduled for tomorrow, we've got it for you attached to this story.
___________________________________________
Just in time for the approach of a late season snow storm, this is Severe Weather Preparedness Week.
What do you need to do to keep your family as safe as possible when Mother Nature goes wild?
At the Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency, they work hard all year to help keep you safe. But there are simple steps that you can take to help secure your family and make life easier for emergency management officials.
“I'd recommend that everybody has an emergency kit, or at least you have something on hand to sustain yourself,” explained Dauphin County Emergency Management Agency Director Steve Libhart.
To find out the items you should have in a 24-hour emergency kit, just click on the attached links or on Find It.
Lather Monday night, we'll take a closer look at what you need to have at your house. According to emergency management, the most dangerous natural disaster for us are floods like the ones we went through in 2011.
Tuesday at 10 a.m. if you have a weather radio it will be going off as part of a statewide severe thunderstorm warning drill.
Certainly none of them the next couple of days, but our weather will still be very interesting.