Disaster Alert
Michigan – Water leaking from electrical fixtures at an apartment complex in Muskegon County resulted in the evacuation of dozens of residents on Sunday afternoon.
Disaster Action Team members from the Muskegon-Oceana Chapter opened a shelter and provided assistance as needed for the evacuees.
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American Red Cross volunteer Sherri Odell shares her experiences responding to open a shelter during the 2011 blizzard.
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Arizona – Severely cold weather caused utility pipes to burst and prompted the evacuations of residents in Pima, Pinal and Cochise Counties on Thursday.
Disaster Action Team members from the Southern Arizona Chapter setup two shelters and provided material support to a warming center for residents affected by the weather.
The Grand Canyon Chapter deployed Disaster Action Team members and provided material support to shelter residents.
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New Mexico – The loss of gas and power affected thousands of residents throughout the state and prompted them to evacuate from their homes due to the cold weather.
The Governor declared a State of Emergency.
Disaster Action Team members from the ARC in New Mexico Chapter opened shelters, supported others, provided Mass Care, staffed local Emergency Operations Centers and placed resources on standby should additional assistance be necessary.
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Disaster Alert
Texas – This message from Anita Foster, PIO, American Red Cross:
With freezing temperatures and power outages across the area, the Red Cross will be opening a Warming Center in Corsicana, Texas. Power outages have been widespread and ongoing throughout that area today so the Red Cross and the City of Corsicana want to provide this precautionary measure should anyone need electricity to meet special medical needs.
The Warming Center will open at NOON and will be located at Northside Baptist Church, 2800 N Beaton St, Corsicana, Texas. Again, this Warming Center is simply a precautionary measure at this time. We continue to stay in touch with emergency managers across the area. It appears that most power outages in the DFW area are short-lived and residents are holding up.
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Disaster Alert
A winter storm brought snow, high winds and coastal flooding throughout several portions of the states that stranded
travelers and left thousands of residents within the affected areas without power on Sunday. Governors declared a State of Emergency in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
All chapters within the impacted areas conducted call downs of volunteers and CEO’s were apprised.
The ARC of Northeastern New York Chapter staffed the state EOC to provide assistance as needed.
The ARC of Massachusetts Bay Chapter and placed shelters staffed the state EOC on stand-by for affected-area residents.
Disaster Action Team members from the ARC of Northern New Jersey Chapter collaborated with emergency management to open two shelters and provided Mass Care for scores of stranded travelers.
The Rhode Island Chapter deployed Disaster Action Team, staffed EOC, opened a shelter and placed other shelters on stand-by for affected-area residents. Disaster Action Team members from the Connecticut Chapter supported a shelter for residents affected by the storm
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Disaster Alert
Oklahoma – A dangerous winter storm caused road closures and power outages to over 100,000 residents throughout the state on Thursday. The Governor declared a State of Emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties.
The Southwest Oklahoma Chapter opened 4 shelters in Kiowa, Greer, Harmon, and Jackson Counties and provided Mass Care (MC) for dozens of affected-area residents and stranded travelers. At midnight, 1/29/10, there were 39 shelter residents.
Volunteers were at the state Emergency Operation Center and resources were prepositioned.
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Disaster Alert
Oklahoma – A dangerous winter storm is headed for the state. Last night the Governor declared a State of Emergency for all 77 Oklahoma counties as state emergency management continue their emergency response preparations. The declaration was necessary to waive weight and size limits on state roadways to allow heavy power company vehicles to positions themselves at vantage points across the state.
The Oklahoma chapters are in contact with Emergency Management, monitoring the situation and providing updates to the Disaster Operations Center (DOC).
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Disaster Alert
Connecticut – Strong winds caused temperatures to plunge to about 10 -15 degrees resulting in power outages to more than 100, 000 customers and downed power lines. Power companies are working to restore power to every household. The Connecticut chapter opened a shelter yesterday.
Pennsylvania – Ridgebury had very strong winds and extremely low temperatures yesterday, it is not yet known whether there were power outages, downed power lines or damages.
The Bradford-Sullivan Counties chapter took over a shelter at the request of Ridgebury Volunteers Fire department. The shelter had 32 people earlier but was closed around 2 am after everyone left. The Susquehanna County chapter assisted with volunteers and the Lackawanna County chapter placed volunteers on standby.
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Winter Storms – December 2008
Register as Safe & Well and check out preparedness information for before, during, and after a winter storm:
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