while. Seven-thirty haven’t
seen a red.
>> Red light like that in a
while coming. 59.
So this year, the nation’s already experience nearly a
already experience nearly a
dozen weather disasters making
the annual recognition of
National Preparedness Month in
September. More important than
ever. So here with some advice
on being ready is meteorologist Cheryl Nelson also instructor
Cheryl Nelson also instructor
for FEMA’s National Disaster
Preparedness Training Center.
Good Morning Show. And you’re
also the founder of prepare
with Cheryl Dot coms. That right.
>> And that is a good morning.
And thanks for having me.
Rise would make check out the
full resume and all that for
you. So thanks for your time.
Appreciate Tell folks in
obviously we’ve experienced a crazy weather here in the
crazy weather here in the
Houston area. But for those
with people moving here all the
time, why is it so important
to have a disaster plan?
>> Oh, my gosh. It is so
important because with climate change, we are seeing more
change, we are seeing more
disasters. As you mentioned,
everything from flooding,
tornadoes, hurricanes, drought,
wildfires, extreme heat. And as a FEMA instructor, one
And as a FEMA instructor, one
thing is shore and that is the
need to be prepared.
>> So we start what we do to
get a plan together.
>> All And I don’t know about you, but I am very sentimental.
you, but I am very sentimental.
And so I want to make sure that
everybody for text those
irreplaceable family photos
and I recommend the Epson and Fast photo app at 6 Atw which
Fast photo app at 6 Atw which
can scan thousands of photos as
fast as one photo per second.
This is so cool. Those photos
and important documents,
they’re all stored away right in bins and that leaves them
in bins and that leaves them
vulnerable to damage in the
event of an emergency. So you
can scan one photo front and
back and that can make this easy to digitize. And also you
easy to digitize. And also you
can store in the cloud or on
your external hard drive and
easily pack in your go bag.
Got to make sure you keep those
memories alive. Oh, no.
>> Kidding. I mean, you think
about sometimes you have people
have little time to get out in
the event of a And I guess we
always have to have that that
kit ready to write important
documents and other things.
I just have to be ready to go
in an instant.
>> Oh, my gosh. You got to make
sure that you have everything
and something else that is
super important to have is a
source of backup power. We
don’t realize how important
that is until we lose power.
You got to protect the big
items like the refrigerator.
The light source is the heating
elements. An inverter generator
is like this. Icu’s 3500 from generac. Provide clean safe
generac. Provide clean safe
power for sensitive
electronics. The more compact
they’re quiet energy efficient
than a traditional portable
unit. But just like any
generator, safe operation is
required. Always use your
generator outside to protect
yourself from carbon monoxide
poisoning. You annual oil and
filter changes and run the generator every couple of
generator every couple of
months to make sure that gas
does not get stale.
>> Yeah, it’s a great point.
Actually. The alarm on my
calendar once a month, halfway through the month of fire up
through the month of fire up
the generator for 30 minutes.
Make running smoothly. So I do
want to hear all and say,
listen, we don’t mess around
out here in the Gulf Coast.
You know that. Let’s talk
Cheryl communication. I mean, obviously power. We’ve got to
obviously power. We’ve got to
charge up the batteries, but we
need to stay in touch and
sometimes towers go down and
who knows what else?
>> I communication is crucial. You want to talk to your loved
You want to talk to your loved
ones, utility companies that
first responders and this is
why I recommend T Mobile.
T-Mobile is ready for disasters and they want you to be too,
and they want you to be too,
with a leading 5 G network.
They are ready when disasters
hit and their network team may
even bring in portable South
towers and generators. Also vehicles that have Wi-Fi
vehicles that have Wi-Fi
connectivity, water, charging
stations and cords that way you
can call your loved ones and
let them know that you are OK and you have one of these make
and you have one of these make
sure you have a portable cell
phone charger with at all
times. Get a half-step back up
battery. Do we share with us?
Some good stuff. You indoors to get ready?
get ready?
>> Did we miss anything there
on the table?
>> Yeah, we’ve got one more
thing that gets you in just
like communication is
important. So is your health. And so this is why I want to
And so this is why I want to
talk about having clean air in
the home. It’s never been more
important with wildfires and
ragweed season is upon us. The heiress by iRobot Airline
The heiress by iRobot Airline
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reality. It features HEPA
filtration and a design that
removes airborne particulates
like dust. Sanders, smoke and pollen. It’s great for bedrooms
pollen. It’s great for bedrooms
home office’s the smaller
spaces and it has smart
technology that allows it to
clean your air automatically
while also informing you of your air quality. You can
your air quality. You can
control it via the app and it
super cute and sleep and come
pat and I’ll say it seamlessly
into your home. I love these
products.
>> Could well, actually the market for put that on the list
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to review and check out folks,
go for more information.
Sure.
>> For everything we talked
about today go to tips on TV
dot com.
>> All right, Cheryl Nelson,
meteorologist and structure and structure that is for FEMA’s
structure that is for FEMA’s
National Disaster Preparedness