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Getting Ready for a Future Ike
Friday, September 11, 2009 1:01 PM  

Flooded neighborhood after IkeA year ago today, most of us were anxiously watching weather reports, tracking the path of Ike.

We've got two more months of hurricane season, and if you've grown lax about preparations, this is a good time to check your supplies and update your emergency plans.

Our METRO Responds site offers updates on our services. You'll also find emergency phone numbers and checklists of what to stock.

For example, your list of supplies should include pliers to turn off utilities, a dust mask, a flashlight and a battery-powered or hand-crank radio. 

If you have kids, consider adding to your emergency supply kit books, games or puzzles. Replace them to make sure they're still age-appropriate. Don't forget matches in a waterproof container, pet food for your pet, and a complete change of clothing for every member of your family.

Do a favor for friends or loved ones with special needs, and pre-register them for emergency evacuation. If they moved since last year, update their address and phone number.

Click here to pre-register on-line.

Getting prepared now when there's nothing heading our way is the best time to get started. Hopefully, we'll get through this season without a hurricane.

Posted by Mary Sit
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    barbara shaidnagle said:

    Had the pleasure of taking a survey at the Mariott in the medical center and earning $10.  And in the survey had the pleasure of checking that I ride metro once a week (even tho it is sometimes more) AND that I had ridden the Quickline, the apparent heart of the survey!!

    # September 12, 2009 6:25 AM

    DominicMazoch said:

    Considering the Hou-Gal areas is a high level of targets, we should be hurricane ready ALL YEAR LONG!

    # September 13, 2009 9:43 PM

    Bucket of dehydrated food said:

    I bought a 5 gallon bucket full of dehydrated food packets at a local discount warehouse. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner entrees, and milk powder. 20 year shelf life. Enough food for 1 person for about two weeks. It was $83, but that works out to only $2 per meal. Before it expires, I'll donate it to a food pantry, then buy another one... in 18 or 19 years. True to form, the bucket came from Provo, Utah.

    # September 14, 2009 4:29 PM

    Peter Wang said:

    Sorry, my name is not Bucket of dehydrated food. At least not today it isn't.

    # September 14, 2009 4:30 PM

    Mary Sit said:

    Barbara Shaidnagle,

    Just curious - do you konw who was sponsoring that survey? Thanks.

    # September 14, 2009 5:21 PM

    Steve Palmer said:

    Before Ike, my wife bought one of those big orange dispensers like they put Gatorade in at football games, and we filled it with tap water before the storm hit. That was a lot handier than storing water in a bunch of jugs and bottles.

    # September 16, 2009 9:58 AM

    HoustonHater said:

    Hopefully A cat 5 super cane comes and washes away metro. Just hopes it leaves those DE40LFR's. Man those are some good looking busses.

    # September 17, 2009 2:33 AM

    DominicMazoch said:

    Did not METRO drive the buses out of town before IKE?

    # September 17, 2009 9:27 PM
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