{"id":3254,"date":"2015-06-01T11:40:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-01T11:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2015-06-01T14:50:24","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T14:50:24","slug":"hurricane-preparedness-during-a-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/weather-articles\/hurricane-preparedness-during-a-hurricane\/","title":{"rendered":"Hurricane Preparedness | During a Hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3255\" src=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/hurricaneready.jpg\" alt=\"Hurricane Preparedness. Are You Ready?\" width=\"375\" height=\"231\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This article highlights FEMA recommendations for hurricane preparedness <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">during<\/span> a landfalling hurricane.\u00a0 Click links for actions &#8220;<a title=\"Hurricane Preparedness before a hurricane\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/weather-articles\/hurricane-preparedness-before-a-hurricane\/\">Before a Hurricane<\/a>&#8221; or &#8220;<a title=\"hurricane preparedness after a hurricane\" href=\"http:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/hurricane-preparedness-after-a-hurricane\/\">After a Hurricane<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>During a Hurricane:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Listen to the radio or TV for information.<\/li>\n<li>Secure your home, close storm shutters and secure outdoor objects or bring them indoors.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/utility-shut-safety\">Turn off utilities<\/a> if instructed to do so. Otherwise, turn the refrigerator thermostat to its coldest setting and keep its doors closed.<\/li>\n<li>Turn off propane tanks<\/li>\n<li>Avoid using the phone, except for serious emergencies.<\/li>\n<li>Moor your boat if time permits.<\/li>\n<li>Ensure a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/managing-water\">supply of water<\/a> for sanitary purpose such as cleaning and flushing toilets. Fill the bathtub and other larger containers with water.<\/li>\n<li>Find out how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/food\">keep food safe<\/a> during and after and emergency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You should evacuate under the following conditions:<\/p>\n<p>If you are directed by local authorities to do so. Be sure to follow their instructions.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If you live in a mobile home or temporary structure \u2013 such shelter are particularly hazardous during hurricane no matter how well fastened to the ground.<\/li>\n<li>If you live in a high-rise building \u2013 hurricane winds are stronger at higher elevations.<\/li>\n<li>If you live on the coast, on a floodplain, near a river, or on an island waterway.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/evacuating-yourself-and-your-family\">evacuating yourself and your family<\/a>. If you are unable to evacuate, go to your wind-safe room. If you do not have one, follow these guidelines:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stay indoors during the hurricane and away from windows and glass doors.<\/li>\n<li>Close all interior doors \u2013 secure and brace external doors.<\/li>\n<li>Keep curtains and blinds closed. Do not be fooled if there is a lull; it could be the eye of the storm \u2013 winds will pick up again.<\/li>\n<li>Take refuge in a small interior room, closet or hallway on the lowest level.<\/li>\n<li>Lie on the floor under a table or another sturdy object.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid elevators.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article highlights FEMA recommendations for hurricane preparedness during a landfalling hurricane.\u00a0 Click links for actions &#8220;Before a Hurricane&#8221; or &#8220;After a Hurricane&#8221; During a Hurricane: Listen to the radio or TV for information. Secure your home, close storm shutters and secure outdoor &hellip;<span class=\"more\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/weather-articles\/hurricane-preparedness-during-a-hurricane\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":3255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[649,648,238,253],"class_list":["post-3254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather-articles","tag-during-a-hurricane","tag-fema","tag-hurricane-preparedness","tag-prepare"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3254"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3254\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ialert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}