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October 2008
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Businesses closings and openings Emergency and Hurricane Checklists Emergency numbers and services Garbage pickup and city services Power Outages and Phone Service Road Conditions and Evacuation Routes More KHOU Blogs
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Emergency and Hurricane Checklists: September 2008 ArchivesStaying in contact with people during the hurricane is important. But remembering email address, banking and credit card phone numbers and other important documents is often the last thing on people's mind until after the storm. A tip from an 11 News viewer is to save all these numbers on a portable UBS drive (sometimes called Jump Drive) that you can insert into any computer, which comes in handy when evacuated to hotels or other areas outside you home. ...
... More than 315,000 electric customers had no power Friday night as Hurricane Ike roared into the upper Texas Coast. ...Hurricanes are not merely coastal events or wind events. Inland flooding, tornadoes, downed trees and power lines are all potential hazards that could be caused by hurricanes. Important points to remember about each condition are as follows: ...Hurricane Ike is anticipated to be a major hurricane threat. If you are evacuating, remember to do the following: -- Turn off the electricity at the main circuit breaker before leaving your home. This will help protect appliances from power surges. ...In the wake of Hurricane Ike, people should exercise extreme caution when operating portable generators, warns Sam Houston Electric Cooperative. The primary hazards to avoid when using a generator are "backfeeding" power into the electric system, electric shock, carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning from the toxic engine exhaust and fire. ...As residents along the Texas coast prepare for possible landfall from Hurricane Ike, Sprint and other cell phone providers are staging backup generators, Cell Sites on Wheels (COWS), Satellite Cell on Light Trucks (SatCOLTS) and personnel in strategic locations along the Gulf Coast to manage potential service impacts. Customers can take proactive steps before the storm hits to make sure their mobile phones don't run out of power. ...During the hurricane season between June and November, you should keep the following supplies on hand:
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