In recognition
of Hurricane Preparedness Week, which began May 24, the American Bankers Association is encouraging customers to prepare for hurricane season by assessing their home's risk and developing emergency plans to protect against a potential storm.
Not exact matches
For example, in the wake
of Hurricane Sandy in October 2012, the SEC initiated business - continuity sweep examinations in an effort to better assess the general state
of disaster
preparedness and contingency planning among advisory firms.
BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- It could take months for Haitian farmers to recover as heavy rains brought by
Hurricane Irma have flooded parts
of the impoverished Caribbean nation, humanitarians said, calling for better disaster
preparedness.
FPL took part in a two - day workshop in Tallahassee, presented by the Florida Public Service Commission, which was designed to review the
preparedness and restoration actions
of FPL and other state public utilities in last September's storm and 2016's
Hurricane Matthew.
Although many emergency
preparedness websites encourage households to have a minimum
of three days
of food, water, and other supplies, major storms like Sandy,
Hurricane Katrina, and concerns about computer hacking
of our power grid, all make it wise to have a several weeks
of supplies on hand — and supplies to share — if at all possible.
For churches in the path
of Hurricane Harvey, there are still some «just - in - time»
preparedness strategies you can implement before the storm makes landfall.
The candidates were also asked about storm
preparedness, in light
of hurricanes Harvey and Irma affecting Florida and the United States» gulf coast.
But memories
of hurricanes like Sandy and Irene, as well as tropical storm Lee, have led Gov. Andrew Cuomo to create the Citizen
Preparedness Corps in hopes
of training New Yorkers to be their own first responders.
After
Hurricane Irma temporarily knocked out electricity for millions
of Floridians in September, state regulators next week will hold a two - day workshop to look at utility
preparedness and storm - response plans.
This kind
of preparedness for natural catastrophes makes sense, but for pandemics the idea rings false; unlike the scenario in Contagion, pandemics don't spring on us like
hurricanes.
«Many dialysis patients are unprepared for natural disasters: Study finds patients» disaster
preparedness lacking in the wake
of Hurricane Sandy.»
James Winchester, MD, Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD (Mount Sinai Beth Israel), and their colleagues assessed the
preparedness of 357 adults receiving outpatient dialysis during the landfall
of Hurricane Sandy in New York City in October 2012 at 5 facilities where electricity had been deprived.
Hurricane and flood
preparedness in New Orleans has been an issue since the city's early settlement because
of the city's location.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) wrote in its 2013 National
Preparedness report last week that during and immediately following
Hurricane Sandy, «users sent more than 20 million Sandy - related Twitter posts, or «tweets,» despite the loss
of cell phone service during the peak
of the storm.»
As with every
hurricane season, this outlook underscores the importance
of having a
hurricane preparedness plan in place.
Businesses and their staff face a variety
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The most serious measure
of whether those in New Orleans» impoverished communities are actually receiving the benefits
of better education is in their overall
preparedness for disaster, Perry said, while standing before an image
of crowds awaiting evacuation after
Hurricane Katrina nine years ago.
Hurricane Preparedness Our pets are an integral part
of the family and ensuring that we include them in planning strategies for emergencies is important.
Large animal clinicians developed the first disaster
preparedness plans to include animals and animal rescue protocols - the team has deployed volunteers and other support during Northern California floods in 1997,
Hurricane Floyd,
Hurricane Katrina and the wildfires
of 2006 in Yolo County, CA.
BE PREPARED During
hurricane season,
preparedness is key to ensuring the safety
of all family members — including your pets.
In the wake
of both
Hurricane Harvey and
Hurricane Irma, having an emergency
preparedness checklist for dogs has never been more important.
As part
of the 2017 NADPD campaign, Hill's employees created 5,000 pet emergency go - kits and donated them to shelter partners in disaster prone areas across the U.S. Shelters used these kits to underscore the importance
of pet
preparedness, and some even handed out kits to pet families evacuating from Houston in the aftermath
of Hurricane Harvey.
We are committed to significant warming no matter what happens, and if this warming is going to spark stronger or more destructive
hurricanes on average, the most immediate policy prescription ought instead to be investing in better
hurricane preparedness (although
of course there are many other valid reasons to cap emissions).
He specifically referred to the lack
of preparedness in low - lying Miami, which was hit by
Hurricane Irma and how engineers were trying to raise streets and buildings in a King Canute - like futile gesture to keep the ocean at bay.
After
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, in which dozens upon dozens
of lawyers suffered everything from damage to their building to a total loss
of their practice, David F. Bienvenu, a New Orleans lawyer and chair
of the ABA Special Committee on Disaster Response and
Preparedness wrote in the ABA Journal that lawyers have «a responsibility to our clients to make sure we're adequately prepared to address possible emergencies.»
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