Hello hurricane season! You can always count on your Z for Weather Warnings First® to help you keep your family safe, so keep your radio on Z88.3 whenever severe weather threatens Central Florida. We’ll ride out the storm before, during and after…together.
Don’t wait to put your hurricane kit together until there is already a named storm headed our way. Stores are crowded and shelves are empty. Now is the time to prepare for the storm…and it can be fun, too. Get the kids involved and have them help you plan your kit and put it together with you.
Hurricane Season
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- June 1 – November 30
Develop a Family Disaster Plan
Your Z will be here for you before the storm to give you the latest storm track information with no hype. During the storm, we will be here with Weather Warnings First® to help you keep your family safe!
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- Make sure that all your portable FM radios are working and have fresh batteries!
- RADIOWORLD has all the information you need on emergency radios for outdoors. For more information click here.
- Our transmitting and studio facilities are hardened and have redundant transmitters and diesel generators so we can be here and reliable for you in these times.
After the storm, we will be with you to give your family the latest relief information even when the power is out, cell phones and internet are down, not to mention providing great comfort!
Battery-powered radios are generally very efficient and will play for hours and hours before needing another set of batteries. Having spare radios with fresh batteries in your safe room plus your general living spaces is a good idea. - Discuss the type of hazards that could affect your family. Know your home’s vulnerability to storm surges, flooding, and winds.
- Locate a safe room or the safest areas in your home for each hurricane hazard. In certain circumstances, the safest areas may not be your home but within your community.
- Determine escape routes from your home and places to meet. These should be measured out in tens of miles rather than hundreds of miles.
- Have an out-of-state friend as a family contact, so all your family members have a single point of contact.
- Develop a PET Plan.
- Post emergency telephone numbers by your phones and make sure your children know how and when to call 911.
- Check your insurance coverage — flood damage is not usually covered by homeowners insurance.
- Stock non-perishable emergency supplies and a Disaster Supply Kit (72 Hour Kit).
- Use an NOAA Weather Radio for warnings when you sleep. Remember to replace its battery every 6 months, as you do with your smoke detectors.
- Take First Aid, CPR, and disaster preparedness classes.
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Develop a Pet Plan
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- Make sure that your pets are current on their vaccinations. Pet shelters may require proof of vaccines.
- Have a current photograph.
- Keep a collar with identification on your pet and have a leash on hand to control your pet.
- Have a properly-sized pet carrier for each animal – carriers should be large enough for the animal to stand and turn around.
- Plan your evacuation strategy and don’t forget your pet! Specialized pet shelters, animal control shelters, veterinary clinics, and friends and relatives out of harm’s way are ALL potential refuges for your pet during a disaster.
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Disaster Supply Kit
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- View a hurricane supplies kit list.