Some thoughts of Hurricane Supplies
Hurricane Supplies
Two years ago, FEMA brought in trailers of supplies in June that were stored in Nassau and took them away after the hurricane season in November, said Jim Callahan, commissioner of Nassau’s Office of Emergency Management. “They said they were going to put them back last year and they didn’t,” he said. 3
Food, water, generators and shelter materials, stored here in 2006 but not last year after the Federal Emergency Management Agency changed its strategy, will return starting next week. Food and water supplies for both counties will be kept in Bethpage, with nonperishable items stored at Brookhaven National Laboratory. 2
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The Atlantic season’s first hurricane has maximum sustained winds of about 85 mph with some higher gusting. It’s traveling northwest at about 6 mph and is expected to turn north in the next 24 hours. It could be close to the island by Saturday. 6
The City of Key West Emergency Management Team reminds residents to stock up on supplies for this hurricane season now, if you have not already done so. Use the guide of “Hope for three, plan for seven,” or assume you will need supplies for a minimum of three days, but stock enough to be completely self-sufficient for at least seven days. 1
After CNN reported on the giveaway, other Louisiana officials also asked that the supplies be redirected to the state, which originally passed on them. John Medica, director of Louisiana’s Federal Property Assistance Agency, told CNN he was unaware Katrina victims still needed the items because no agency had contacted his office. 5
Every season some relative somewhere far from the Hurricane Belt lies awake staring at CNN and TWC worrying on some relative living, retired or going to college in Florida, Texas or some city in the path of the storm. That old high school heart throb who you never got over who didn’t have the decency to leave Miami like everyone else did or you long, lost best friend who you keep meaning to call. 7
A CNN investigation revealed last week that FEMA gave away 121 truckloads of material the agency amassed after 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. The material was declared surplus property and offered to federal and state agencies — including Louisiana, where groups working to resettle hurricane victims say the supplies are still needed. 4
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