{"id":3760,"date":"2024-02-08T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/?page_id=3760"},"modified":"2024-02-08T10:40:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:40:05","slug":"preparing-for-an-emergency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/preparing-for-an-emergency","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for an Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Preparing for an emergency:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Carry a spare cellphone charger and external charging device. Keep devices and chargers in awaterproof bag. Charge your batteries when a disaster or storm is approaching.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Confirm that you have not opted out of receiving important Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) on your device.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Download emergency apps including FEMA, AccuWeather, and Red Cross Emergency to help keep youupdated as the situation unfolds. Make sure you can access travel and transportation apps in case you need to evacuate. If you don\u2019t have a flashlight app built into your mobile phone, download one.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Save phone numbers and email addresses for police, fire, hospital, school, vet, and other emergency resources in your phone. If you are a parent, find out how your children\u2019s school or school district will notify you during a weather or other emergency.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Know how to forward your home phone number to your mobile device.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Take photos and\/or videos of your property periodically to have available for insurance purposes. Back up your files to a secure storage space to ensure images and videos are saved separately from your device.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">During an emergency or disaster:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Use voice calls only for important communication and keep them short. Instead use text <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">messaging, email or social media to let your loved ones know your status. Keep messages <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">short and simple.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\"><strong>Conserve your cellphone\u2019s battery life:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Whenever possible, turn on your phone\u2019s power-saving mode.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Reduce your screen\u2019s brightness, and adjust your settings to ensure your phone\u2019s<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">screen goes into sleep mode faster.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Close unused apps and turn off push notifications so nothing is running in the<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">background.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;\">Turn off Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and location-based services when you don\u2019t need them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Set your email to arrive manually rather than having it automatically sent to your device.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Check your local wireless store to see if they are open and providing charging station services during emergencies.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">For 9-1-1, call if you can or text if you can\u2019t. Stay on the line until the operator tells <span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">you <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">it\u2019s safe to end the call. When possible, have detailed location information ready.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><br \/>\n<\/span>For more information, visit <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/prepared.ctia.org\/\">prepared.ctia.org<\/a> and <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/\">ready.gov<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ctia.org\/consumer-resources\/preparacion-ante-emergencias\">https:\/\/www.ctia.org\/consumer-resources\/preparacion-ante-emergencias<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing for an emergency: &nbsp; Carry a spare cellphone charger and external charging device. Keep devices and chargers in awaterproof bag. Charge your batteries when a disaster or storm is approaching. &nbsp; Confirm that you have not opted out of receiving important Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs) on your device. &nbsp; Download emergency apps including FEMA, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3760","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adaktu.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}