County to distribute MRE (Military Ready to Eat meals) tomorrow for families without power<\/p>\n
ELLICOTT CITY, MD \u2013 County Executive Ken Ulman wants residents to know that Howard County Government employees continue to work around the clock to clear debris from the few roads that are still blocked.\u00a0 \u00a0Government operations were back on schedule today and will continue operations throughout the week.<\/p>\n
The County has made arrangements through FEMA\/MEMA to receive and distribute 750 MREs (Military Ready to Eat meals) to families throughout the region who are still without power.\u00a0 A temporary Community Distribution Site will open at 9 a.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, August 30, at the County\u2019s Dorsey Building, 9250 Bendix Road in Ellicott City.\u00a0 Residents whose electrical service has not been restored will be eligible to receive two MREs and three liters of water per family member.\u00a0 Distribution will continue until supplies run out or until 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we are doing all that we can to assist BG&E with the restoration of power to all county residents, we know that some homes are still without service.\u00a0 I want to thank FEMA and MEMA for working with us to provide this small relief to families living under difficult conditions,\u201d said County Executive Ulman.<\/p>\n
The Howard County Police Department wants to remind residents that some traffic lights are still out of service — please treat these intersections like four-way stops. Curbside trash, recycling and yard waste pick up\u00a0are\u00a0running on schedule; you can also take your yard debris to:<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Howard County Landfill which is open for extended hours from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday of this week and accepts yard\/wood debris<\/p>\n
\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Residents who have yard waste pickup can set debris out on regular recycling days — bundle branches in 4 foot lengths weighing no more than 40 pounds<\/p>\n
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\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The County has opened two Debris Dropoff Sites for yard\/wood debris that will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday<\/p>\n
Rockburn Park (entrance off Landing Road)<\/p>\n
Schooley Mill Park (12975 Hall Shop Road, Clarkesville)<\/p>\n
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County to distribute MRE (Military Ready to Eat meals) tomorrow for families without power<\/p>\n
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The County\u2019s Emergency Operations Center continues to monitor conditions and cleanup operations. For more hurricane safety information, visithttp:\/\/www.ready.gov\/america\/beinformed\/hurricanes.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" County to distribute MRE (Military Ready to Eat meals) tomorrow for families without power ELLICOTT CITY, MD \u2013 County Executive Ken Ulman wants residents to know that Howard County Government employees continue to work around the clock to clear debris from the few roads that are still blocked.\u00a0 \u00a0Government operations were back on schedule today Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[142,152,226],"class_list":["post-382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-howard-county","tag-irene","tag-recovery"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mdem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}