{"id":267,"date":"2012-12-05T15:33:01","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T20:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/?p=267"},"modified":"2017-06-06T16:15:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T20:15:37","slug":"lessons-from-hurricane-sandy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/2012\/12\/lessons-from-hurricane-sandy\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMILY DISASTER PREPAREDNESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The impact of Hurricane Sandy on members of the SHU community and their families varied widely depending on location and circumstances.\u00a0 However, the experience of\u00a0Sandy has reaffirmed to all \u00a0the importance of individual and family emergency preparedness:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be prepared to shelter-in-place or to evacuate (both at home and at your workplace).\u00a0 Have a disaster supply kit that you can use at home or take with you if you evacuate.\u00a0\u00a0 Include water, non-perishable food, flashlights\u00a0and lanterns, a battery powered AM\/FM radio, \u00a0extra batteries, first aid kit, clothing appropriate to the season including rain gear, sanitation and personal hygiene items, sleeping bags or bedding,\u00a0 your prescription medications, cell phone, copies of important documents, and cash.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forgot special care items for infants and the elderly, if needed.\u00a0 Have a smaller &#8220;Go Kit&#8221; available for your personal use\u00a0at work or in your car.<\/li>\n<li>Have\u00a0 a family emergency plan including family cell and landline telephone numbers, a designated out-of-state contact, directions to designated family assembly points both in and out\u00a0of your area,\u00a0\u00a0evacuation routes, maps, and information regarding any special medical\u00a0needs of family members.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor the approach of\u00a0impending storms and news regarding ongoing emergencies. \u00a0Know the sources for official information.\u00a0 Have means to monitor broadcasts even when electrical power is lost such as the use of a battery powered radio.\u00a0 Have an alternate power source for your computer or smart phones (such as a car charger\u00a0or an automobile jump start power pack\u00a0with DC\u00a0or USB power ports) so that you can communicate.<\/li>\n<li>During the approach of a major storm make sure to top off your vehicle&#8217;s fuel.\u00a0 Power failures may prevent your local gas stations or gas stations along your evacuation route from being able to pump available fuel.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare to look after your neighbors. Make arrangements to assist neighbors who are elderly or have special needs.\u00a0 Help them prepare, check on their condition during the emergency, and provide assistance according to your capabilities.<\/li>\n<li>Before a disaster strikes, participate in disaster related skills training (such as CERT training, first aid, CPR\/AED, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>Be ready to follow the instructions of the emergency authorities.\u00a0 If\u00a0ordered to evacuate from home or workplace,\u00a0leave when instructed to do so and bring your home disaster supply kit or your car\/workplace&#8221;Go Kit&#8221;.\u00a0 If\u00a0ordered to shelter-in-place, take refuge in a protected\u00a0area of your building (location determined by\u00a0the nature of the hazard and instructions from authorities).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Depending on the nature and scope of the emergency,\u00a0assistance from emergency responders\u00a0as well as the restoration of\u00a0 infrastructure and public utilities can be delayed for significant periods of time. Your efforts to prepare for an emergency can help mitigate its impact on you, your family, and your neighbors until help arrives and services are restored.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impact of Hurricane Sandy on members of the SHU community and their families varied widely depending on location and circumstances.\u00a0 However, the experience of\u00a0Sandy has reaffirmed to all \u00a0the importance of individual and family emergency preparedness: Be prepared to shelter-in-place or to evacuate (both at home and at your workplace).\u00a0 Have a disaster supply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-posts","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267\/revisions\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/codeblue\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}