State’s top emergency official started role in May, will call for more outage information from utilities One afternoon in early June, Ken Mallette was in Jacksonville driving from a funeral when he got a text message about severe storms striking Maryland. One of the storms’ 11 tornadoes had just ravaged nearby Fallston. In his Read the Rest…
Download Flyer from Red Cross Keep food as safe as possible. Keep refrigerator and freezer doors closed as much as possible. First use perishable food from the refrigerator. An unopened refrigerator will keep foods cold for about 4 hours.Then use food from the freezer. A full freezer will keep the temperature for about 48 hours (24 Read the Rest…
Use Caution When Using Alternative Power Sources and Cooking Fuels Reisterstown, MD – (August 26, 2011) – Hurricane Irene will almost certainly cause wide-spread power outages across the state, and many Marylanders will turn to generators and alternative cooking fuels in the immediate aftermath. The Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) urges homeowners to understand the potentially Read the Rest…