Many of you probably don’t know that September is National Preparedness Month. Around these parts, we had a taste last year of how scary preparing for Hurricane Irene was and we were very lucky to get away with minimal damage. This year, Hurricane Isaac has been wreaking havoc on the Gulf Coast and serves as an eerie reminder of the damage that was caused by the now infamous Hurricane Katrina.
OEM (Office of Emergency Management) is urging all New Yorkers to sign up for Notify NYC. It is the City of New York’s official source for information about emergency events and important City services. The best part about this great service is that it is completely free to join and use.
By subscribing you receive text messages, e-mails, tweets, or phone calls about significant citywide events. Additionally, you will also receive notifications about smaller events that might be taking place right in your own neighborhood. The topics of these notifications will range from severe weather advisories, school closures, subway disruptions, to traffic advisories all over New York City.
Anyone is free to sign up for this informative service and you can even customize the types of alerts that you would like to receive by visiting the Notify NYC website. To learn more about Notify NYC and the Office of Emergency Management please follow them on Twitter and check them out on Facebook. After all, one never knows when an emergency can arise and it is always better to be safe and prepared than sorry later…
Giveaway:
Notify NYC and the Office of Emergency Management is giving one reader of Tough Cookie Mommy a $50 Gift Card to a National Home Improvement Store, for purchasing home preparedness supplies!a Rafflecopter giveaway
Product Review/Giveaway disclosure: I received one or more of the products mentioned above from the NYC Office of Emergency Management to test/review in exchange for my opinion and for the purpose of writing this post. I only recommend products or services I use personally and I believe will be “family friendly.” I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255 “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
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I would love to purchase a generator, but for sure I’d get batteries and extra water.
I would like a generator, and water storage containers. (I entered the RC under the name debbie)
water and first aid kit
flashlights and batteries
flashlights, dry foods, water
I would have water, food and an emergency kit
We live in an area that gets hurricanes. We are pretty much prepared but I would get more bottled water and more canned foods.
I’d use this towards a small generator to keep my freezer running,
bethelderton59 at gmail dot com
I would buy bottled water, flashlights, batteries, and a first-aid kit!
We’d like some good water storage and a generator.
I’d like to buy a rope ladder. We have food, water, and flashlights all set aside for an emergency.
Water storage, food storage, generator, emergency kits, etc.
Water, batteries, Flashlights, first aid supplies.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
I could use a new flashlight and/or lantern to start with!
I would get a few good flashlights and batteries, a weather radio as we cannot hear the sirens in our home, and bottled water.
Got most, need bottled water.
Thanks for the contest.
Definitely batteries and a flashlight.
Water and batteries.
water, batteries, flashlight, first aid kit, and blankets.
I would get extra batteries for flashlights.
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A flashlight and a supply of batteries are the most important supplies for an emergency.
I want to purchase solar panels
I do subscribe email at slehan at juno dot com
Flashlights, batteries & a battery powered radio.
I joined your blogfrog community as Thomas
Google+ Name: Deanna Cali
FB Name: Deanna Cali
I hould have more but we have water, flashlights & a first aid kit
Flashlights, bateries and candles
email/ [email protected]
fb/ shirley greenawalt zolenski