HURRICANE SANDY INFORMATION & RESOURCES
Monday, October 29, 2012According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, Massachusetts will experience moderate to major impacts, including damaging winds for a period of 12 – 18 hours, associated widespread power outages, and heavy rains. In addition, both south- and east-facing coastlines will experience moderate to major coastal flooding and beach erosion.
A more detailed statement of the potential impacts of Hurricane Sandy is included in MEMA’s most current Situational Awareness Statement (below). For more information about Hurricane Sandy, visit the National Hurricane Center Website for current status of the storm.
Situational Awareness Statement: MEMA Hurricane Sandy Situational Awareness Statement 10 102812 1930
For non-emergency assistance and information (including shelter locations), call 2-1-1 or visit www.mass211.org
Helpful information and resources from MEMA:
-MEMA has provided Power Outage Safety Tips
-MEMA is encouraging residents to be prepared for the impact of Sandy
-Search for current storm updates on Twitter from MEMA's Twitter account or using the hashtag #MASandy
-Get our MEMA's smartphone app for Android and iPhones, ping4alerts!
-Visit www.mbta.com or follow @mbtaGM on Twitter for bus, subway and commuter rail service alerts.
-Visit www.massport.com for Logan Airport information
-MEMA's list of other hurricane resources
RED CROSS:
The American Red Cross Safe and Well website is a central location for people in disaster areas in the United States to register their current status, and for their loved ones to access that information. It helps provide displaced families with relief and comfort during a stressful time.
Safe and Well is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is accessible in both English and Spanish.
For information on shelters that are open in your area, click here and here.
NATIONAL GRID:
If you're a National Grid customer and experience an outage in your area, call 1-800-465-1212 to help expedite restoration.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
FEMA: www.ready.gov
Google Tools: Hurricane Sandy map designed to help track the progress of the storm and receive critical emergency response messages, both on their computers and smartphones. On the map, you’ll find the following emergency preparedness information:
- Location tracking, including the hurricane’s current and forecasted paths, courtesy of the NOAA-National Hurricane Center
- Public alerts, including evacuation notices, storm warnings, and more, via weather.gov and earthquake.usgs.gov
- Radar and cloud imagery from weather.com and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
- Evacuation information and routes
- Shelters and recovery centers will appear as they become operational