<div dir='auto'>You probably don't live in Montgomery County as I do, but it's good advice anyway. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Tom Horne <hornetd@gmail.com><br>Date: Sep 8, 2018 1:08 PM<br>Subject: [CafeMontgomeryMD] Panic NOW and avoid the rush.<br>To: CafeMontgomeryMD@groups.io<br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hurricane forecasts are very iffy this far out from a possible arrival so we could still completely miss Hurricane Florence and no one would be happier than I. But once a more certain forecast for the path of the Hurricane is issued you will find yourself in the crush of people who also waited before buying needed supplies and many items will sell out very quickly. <br /><br />If you have yet to make Disaster Plan and Supply Kit for your family please consider doing so now. At least buy six days of food that your family will be willing to eat and at least 1/2 of that should be food that you could eat cold. You may not have refrigeration so choose foods which do not need to be kept cold. If any of the food is canned then make sure you have a working manual can opener. Get at least one flashlight and 6 sets of batteries for it. If you get 2 or 3 flashlights you will only need 3 sets of batteries for each one. If you have a choice because you shopped early then buy flashlight/s which have LED bulbs. <br /><br />Having enough flashlights for any smaller children to use will help a lot with their anxiety. The American Red Cross (ARC) has guidance on how to help children cope with fear of the unknown when the power goes out. Once the power goes out, however, you will no longer be able to read or download the ARCs advice. Having one battery lantern which will light up one room of your home will make children feel a lot better. If your family has been camping you can tell small children that you are going to be camping in the house. Setting up a tent or furniture fort for them will give them a feeling of having an adventure rather than a scary time. <br /><br />Buy a car charger for your cellular telephone so that you can keep the phone working during a power outage. <br /><br />Identify an Out Of Area Contact that can share information about how your family is doing with your extended family. Obtain their Cellular Telephone Number and It's carrier company along with their email address so that emergency communications staff can send them a text message via radio to tell the rest of your family that you are OK or what help you will need. That one message to a reliable person who will share information with the rest of your family can relieve them of a lot of needless anxiety. <br /><br />If you are able to spend the ~$50 buy a battery operated radio that has the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) All Hazards radio channels built in. Having an FM and or AM broadcast radio is also a great idea. You can buy radios which have all three. The all hazards NOAA All Hazards radio system is were the local broadcasters get official news from Local, State, and Federal Governments so if you have a NOAA all Hazards radio you can get official information first hand. <br /><br /><strong>PLEASE DO NOT:</strong> <br /><br />
<ul><li>Use any open flame light such as exposed candles or open flame floating wick lamps, <br />
<ul><li>Every time Montgomery County has a prolonged power disruption we have at least one fire caused by candles igniting combustibles. Don't take the chance of being driven from your home by a fire during or immediately after a storm when being outside may be extremely dangerous.<br />
<ul><li>Using a fully enclosed candle lantern will reduce the danger but hang it out of the reach of children to avoid their getting burned. Combustion lanterns get very hot during use. An LED battery lantern is always a better idea. </li></ul>
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</li><li>Attach a generator to your homes wiring using improvised methods,
<ul><li>If you don't have a cord inlet and a transfer interlock then buy enough cords to reach all of the loads you want to power,</li></ul>
</li><li>Do not run a generator in or near your home including in an attached garage.
<ul><li>Every time Maryland has a large area power outage a family is killed by carbon monoxide poisoning.</li></ul>
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-- <br />Tom Horne<br />Retired Electrician & Retired Volunteer Firefighter Rescuer<br /><br />Well we aren't no thin blue heroes yet we aren't no blackguards to. <br />We're just working men and woman most remarkable like you!
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