{"id":12130,"date":"2012-08-23T10:15:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=12130"},"modified":"2012-08-23T10:15:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-23T15:15:23","slug":"be-prepared-for-isaac-its-time-to-stock-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/08\/be-prepared-for-isaac-its-time-to-stock-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Prepared for Isaac &#8211; <br>It&#8217;s Time to Stock Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/be-prepared-for-isaac-its-time-to-stock-up\/hp\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12131\" title=\"HP\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/HP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a>You may have noticed your grocery store had bottled water and batteries closer to the front of the store Thursday morning. <strong>It&#8217;s time to stock up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t be complacent and think that you&#8217;ve seen what a hurricane can do because chances are really good that you haven&#8217;t seen the worst that they can do,&#8221; says Emergency Management Planner, Gerald Campbell.<\/p>\n<p>Campbell says families need to get their storm kit ready.\u00a0 Include food that doesn&#8217;t need to be cooked and at least one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days.\u00a0 Have battery operated lights and keep all your important papers with you.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>A basic emergency supply kit could include the following recommended items:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Water, one gallon of water per person per day for at least three days, for drinking and sanitation<\/p>\n<p>Food, at least a three-day supply of non-perishable food<\/p>\n<p>Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with tone alert and extra batteries for both<\/p>\n<p>Flashlight and extra batteries<\/p>\n<p>First aid kit<\/p>\n<p>Whistle to signal for help<\/p>\n<p>Dust mask to help filter contaminated air and plastic sheeting and duct tape to\u00a0shelter-in-place<\/p>\n<p>Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation<\/p>\n<p>Wrench or pliers to\u00a0turn off utilities<\/p>\n<p>Manual can opener for food<\/p>\n<p>Local maps<\/p>\n<p>Cell phone with chargers, inverter or solar charger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have noticed your grocery store had bottled water and batteries closer to the front of the store Thursday morning. It&#8217;s time to stock up Don&#8217;t be complacent and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":12135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}