{"id":17791,"date":"2023-12-18T13:51:50","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=17791"},"modified":"2023-12-18T13:51:50","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T13:51:50","slug":"resources-you-can-use-winter-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/12\/18\/resources-you-can-use-winter-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources You Can Use: Winter Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Previously, I <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2019\/01\/18\/stay-safe-in-severe-winter-weather\/\">highlighted tips to stay safe in winter weather<\/a> focused on snow, cold and ice. But according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nca2023.globalchange.gov\/\">Fifth National Climate Assessment<\/a>, released in November 2023, the Northeast is looking at warmer, wetter winters in the future. So in addition to remembering safety information for staying safe in snow and cold, we need to remember how to stay safe during floods and power outages.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Precipitation Extremes\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vIq8ItorQyE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Flood Safety Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/floods.html\">Floods (MedlinePlus)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/safety\/flood\">Flood Safety Tips and Resources (National Weather Service)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/disasters\/floods\/after.html\">Reentering Your Flooded Home (CDC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17793 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/power_water-300x157.png\" alt=\"Don't underestimate the power of water! NOAA logo in the top right hand corner. Across the top illustration of a person, car and SUV, bottom silhouette of a person, car and SUV, with the words, &quot;6 inches of fast-moving water can knock over and carry away an adult.&quot; &quot;12 inches of fast-moving water can carry away a small car.&quot; &quot;18-24 inches of fast-moving water can carry away most SUVs, vans and trucks.&quot;\" width=\"428\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/power_water-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/power_water-1024x535.png 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/power_water-768x401.png 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/12\/power_water.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2>Staying Safe When the Power is Out<\/h2>\n<p>Winter weather, whether it\u2019s ice and snow or rain and wind, brings the possibility of power outages. Power outages can lead to multiple hazards including fire (candles), improper use of generators and food safety. Learn more with these resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/power-outages\">Power Outages (Ready.gov)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/disasters\/poweroutage\/index.html\">Power Outages (CDC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/get-help\/how-to-prepare-for-emergencies\/types-of-emergencies\/power-outage\/safe-generator-use.html\">Safe Generator Use (Red Cross)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/disasters\/foodwater\/facts.html\">Keep Food Safe After a Disaster or Emergency (CDC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/buy-store-serve-safe-food\/food-and-water-safety-during-power-outages-and-floods\">Food and Water Safety During Power Outages and Floods (FDA)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Recursos en espa\u00f1ol<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/spanish\/floods.html\">Inundaciones (MedlinePlus en espa\u00f1ol)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/es\/disasters\/floods\/index.html\">Inundaciones (CDC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/es\/disasters\/floods\/after.html\">Despu\u00e9s de una inundaci\u00f3n (CDC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/es\/apagones\">Apagones (Ready.gov)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/es\/disasters\/carbonmonoxide.html\">Intoxicaci\u00f3n por mon\u00f3xido de carbono despu\u00e9s de un desastre (CDC)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/es\/disasters\/disaster_resources.html\">Recursos de desastres (CDC)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Emergency Preparedness Resources from NNLM<\/h2>\n<p>Learn more about emergency preparedness with these resources from NNLM:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/disaster-planning-recorded-webinars\">Disaster Planning Recorded Webinars<\/a>-Past NNLM Classes.<\/li>\n<li>Find additional preparedness resources with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/emergency-and-disaster-resources\">NNLM Emergency and Disaster Resources Guide<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/reading-club\/topic\/325\">NNLM Reading Club September 2023: Disasters and Emergencies<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Looking for a preparedness program in a box? Request <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/region-7-graphic-medicine-0\">the Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Graphic Medicine Book Club Kit<\/a><\/li>\n<li>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/tag\/emergency-preparedness-epp\/\">R7 Blog: Emergency Preparedness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previously, I highlighted tips to stay safe in winter weather focused on snow, cold and ice. But according to the Fifth National Climate Assessment, released in November 2023, the Northeast is looking at warmer, wetter winters in the future. So in addition to remembering safety information for staying safe in snow and cold, we need&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2023\/12\/18\/resources-you-can-use-winter-weather\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[48,84,394],"class_list":["post-17791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-climate-change","tag-emergency-preparedness-epp","tag-resources"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17791"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17796,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17791\/revisions\/17796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}