Hurricane Preparedness Blog

Take a look below at late-season storm Ida, making its way to the Southeast coastline.

It’s almost the end of hurricane season, but Ida shows that storms can brew late in the year, and occasionally, even before and after the season.  So check your hurricane supplies and plans now.  Make sure you have what you need, especially if there is a chance, even a small one, that you may be affected by Ida.

If Ida could impact you or your family, here are some helpful links you may want to check out:

State Traffic and Road Closure Info
Hurricane Center Video Briefings
National Hurricane Center
Create a Hurricane Plan

Open Shelters by State:

• State of Florida Shelters
• State of Louisiana Shelters
• State of Alabama Shelters

The best defense you can have against any storm is to stay prepared, in-season, out-of-season, and late-in-season. Click here to create, finish, or review your hurricane plan today.

Welcome to hurricane season 2009.    We hope that you have already completed your preparedness plans, but if not, let’s finish those up quickly- it’s not going to be long before you’re plotting the storms on our new hurricane tracking map.

Some exciting things have been happening over here at the OneStorm camp.   Let us update you on our big news:

• We won the Florida Governor’s Public Information Award at the Florida Governor’s Hurricane Conference in May.   This award is given to the organization that has developed an innovative and effective public education tool that has improved hurricane preparedness in the State of Florida.   Charlie Crist even presented us with the award.   (See the pic!)
• ReadyTown has been unveiled.   This is our first commercial product that prepares populations for all disasters.   Your business, local government, or community organization can easily add these unique widgets onto their website and prepare their employees or members for any disaster.   Click here to view why we’re so excited about these one-of-a-kind disaster preparedness tools.
• OneStorm is now tweeting on Twitter and being friended on Facebook.   Follow us to be notified of the latest Hurricane Preparedness Blog posts, OneStorm news, and preparedness information.
• We would love to hear how OneStorm has helped you prepare.   So much so, that with your testimonial, we will enter you into a drawing for a free hurricane supply kit.   This will be in the form of a $100 gift card redeemable at a retailer in your area. Please e-mail heidi@onestorm.org with your testimonial today.
• Last but not least, check out World Emergency Report.   This new site offers the latest on all emergencies and is updated daily.  There’s no better way to stay in the know.

That’s the news for now, but until next time, start, review, or finish your hurricane plans.    Even if you’ve made a plan in the recent past, it may need some polishing off and updating, so be sure to check it out regardless of how prepared you consider yourself to be.

Happy planning!