{"id":2506,"date":"2019-02-19T12:16:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T17:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=2506"},"modified":"2019-10-10T22:28:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T02:28:26","slug":"prepping-for-winter-storms-power-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2019\/02\/19\/prepping-for-winter-storms-power-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"Prepping for Winter Storms &amp; Power Outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Kaymie Owen, CMP, Communications Manager<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/storm-prep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2507\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/storm-prep.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/storm-prep.jpg 875w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/storm-prep-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/storm-prep-768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Winter storms can cause power outages and difficult travel conditions. Here are some tips to help you stay safe this winter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay informed &#8211;<\/strong> follow the <a href=\"https:\/\/mema.maryland.gov\/Pages\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Maryland Emergency Management Agency<\/a>\u00a0 (MDMEMA) for weather related updates. You can follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mdmema\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MDMEMA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> @MDMEMA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Report power outages quickly:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Baltimore Gas and Electric &#8211; 1-877-778-2222 or @MyBGE<\/li>\n<li>Delmarva Power &#8211; 1-800-898-8042 or <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.delmarva.com\/Outages\/ReportAnOutage\/Pages\/ReportAnOutage.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Choptank Electric Cooperative &#8211; 1.800.410.4790 or @choptankcoop<\/li>\n<li>Easton Utilities 410-822-6110 or @EastonUtilities (Facebook) or @EastonUtil (Twitter)<\/li>\n<li>First Energy or Allegheny Power &#8211; 1-888-544-4877<\/li>\n<li>Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco) &#8211; 1-877-737-2662 or <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.pepco.com\/Outages\/ReportAnOutage\/Pages\/ReportAnOutage.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative, Inc. (SMECO) &#8211; 1-877-747-6326 or <a href=\"https:\/\/smeco.ifactornotifi.com\/ui\/outage-reporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">online<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keep an emergency supply kit ready &#8211; <\/strong>remember to prepare supplies for children, older parents with special needs and your pets.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fully charged cell phone<\/li>\n<li>Water \u2013 one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days for drinking and sanitation<\/li>\n<li>First aid kit<\/li>\n<li>Extra warm clothing &amp; blankets<\/li>\n<li>Flashlights \u2013 not candles<\/li>\n<li>Fresh batteries<\/li>\n<li>Battery-operated radio<\/li>\n<li>Non-perishable foods (ex: dried meat, fruit or canned or packaged fruit and vegetables)<\/li>\n<li>Local maps<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/generator-safety.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2514\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/generator-safety.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1405\" height=\"972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/generator-safety.jpg 1405w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/generator-safety-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/generator-safety-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/generator-safety-1024x708.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1405px) 100vw, 1405px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Run your generator safely<\/strong> &#8211; If you have a home generator, make sure your carbon monoxide alarms are working and that the generator is at least 20 feet away from your home. Never run a generator in your garage or basement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kaymie Owen, CMP, Communications Manager Winter storms can cause power outages and difficult travel conditions. Here are some tips to help you stay safe this winter. Stay informed &#8211; follow the Maryland Emergency Management Agency\u00a0 (MDMEMA) for weather related updates. You can follow them on Twitter &amp; Facebook @MDMEMA<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2019\/02\/19\/prepping-for-winter-storms-power-outages\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","category-newsletters"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2506"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3226,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2506\/revisions\/3226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}