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Need to Buy a Generator?
Here is a link with information on information you need to know to buy a generator. A generator can keep you and your home warm, your family entertained, run your pumps, keep you cool. You need to know what size generator it takes to do what you want though. The link above is an informative…
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Make a Plan
This fall, sit down with your family and develop a plan. You’ll feel much better when an emergency or disaster occurs if you can have contact with your family. Figure out how to communicate in a disaster. Where will you meet up? What if you can’t be the one to pick up your young children?…
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Summer Storms and Other Shelter Needs
According to Ready.gov how to shelter depends on the hazard you are sheltering from. I’ll use two hazards from our Multi-hazard Mitigation Plan: Tornado/Wind Storm and Hazardous Materials. During a tornado we all know that you should shelter in a basement, or on the lowest level away from corners, windows, doors and outside walls. Practice…
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2018 Approved Cavalier County Multi-hazard Mitigation Plan
The Cavalier County Multi-hazard Mitigation Plan is available in final approved form at the Emergency Management Office located in the Cavalier County Courthouse. Public comment is requested and welcomed. Or, the link is below. Thank you to those that had input into this plan. Cavalier Co MHMP – DES FINAL – appendices
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Links to Ready.gov Winter Preparedness
https://www.ready.gov/winter-weather The Ready site link above has so much great winter preparedness information. It is proven that those that have a plan have a much better chance of surviving severe winter weather. So go ahead, click the link, make a plan.
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Surviving Winter in North Dakota
Ahhh winter, it arrives whether we like it or not, here are some ideas for what to do in a blizzard; If you are lucky enough to have a fireplace have at it, what a luxury when the power is out! To stay warm otherwise, we use a stove hooked up to the…