Flood Warnings And Hurricane Readiness In Texas

(Red is the area to be hurricane Ike effected)

There is old saying that “everything is bigger in Texas”. And clearly, severe weather is no exception here. As you can see from a report earlier, Ike is just beginning to dig its heels into the great state of Texas, among other surrounding states as well.

And this leaves a lot of people remembering how helpless and frustrated they felt during the events that took place during hurricane Katrina. So with this, I wanted to present both ways to help now and some assurances with proof that our national guard forces in affected regions are up to the task.

Texas National Guard is in it for the long haul:

Other states have their guard units preparing as well. Some hard lessons were learned from Katrina that clearly, all of us have no intention of repeating.

The American Red Cross is ready:

What you can do:

Be Ready - If you live in a state that is potentially in the path of this hurricane or others come later, get yourself over to the Red Cross website for what you can do to prepare. And obviously, follow early evacuation alerts as they apply - DO NOT BE A HERO trying to stay until the last minute.

Donate time and/or money - This is expected to be a really bad hurricane season and so this means money and volunteers will be needed. The Red Cross link applies again.

Have a plan B for getting in touch with loved ones in the path of the storm - this is a big one as most people react last minute then panic when those loved ones become unreachable. Having a plan as to where loved ones can be contacted before these events is key. But if that does not work, I am sure the Red Cross will have something in place after the storm passes for those who did not prepare ahead of time with a means of keeping in contact. They usually setup a system for locating missing loved ones that have reported in to Red Cross stations post-storm.

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