County hurricane advice: ready supplies, ice, digital TV
By JARED SEROTA
Updated: 06.02.09
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is projecting a near-normal hurricane season for 2009. Still this prediction does not mean that Harris County residents should not be prepared for the worst.
That was the message from Harris County Judge Ed Emmett at a press conference in the Houston Transtar emergency command center on Monday, the first day of the 2009 hurricane season.
And the county has made its own preparations to handle distribution of emergency supplies, Emmett revealed.
“FEMA and the state of Texas will be responsible for getting the supplies to us, and then we will take it from there,” he said.
Emmett advised all residents to stock Emergency Supply Kits and those with special needs to register for evacuation transportation by dialing 2-1-1.
Emmett said that there is no way to guarantee how soon relief will arrive after a disaster and urged every resident to “Get the supplies in your home that will allow you to survive for 72 hours or even longer without having any relief come from any agency.”
After Hurricane Ike hit Houston last year, many residents were without ice and could not keep their medicines cool. In order to ensure that residents have ice, Emmett suggested that all residents fill up empty milk jugs with water and freeze them.
Potential TV problem
Stephen Lee, a resident agent for the Federal Communications Commission, spoke at the press conference to urge residents to be ready to make the switch from analog to digital television. “I cannot emphasize enough the importance of being ready for this transition,” said Lee.
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