KEY SAFETY TIPS:
Continue to listen to local officials.
Only call 911 if you have an immediate need for medical attention or evacuation assistance.
If you can't get through to 911 on first try, keep calling.
Another option is to place a call to one of five numbers for the Houston Command Center of the United States Coast Guard. The numbers are:
281-464-4851
281-464-4852
281-464-4853
281-464-4854
282-464-4855
•Don't drive on flooded roadways. Remember - turn around, don't drown.
•If you are in a high rise building and need to shelter in place, go to the first or second floor hallways or interior rooms. You want to stay on floors above floodwater or storm surge, but do not go to the highest floors due to wind impacts.
•If you are under a tornado warning, seek shelter immediately in the center of a small interior room (closet, interior hallway) on the lowest level of a sturdy building. Put as many walls as possible between you and the outside.
DONATIONS:
Donating cash responsibly is the best way that you can help disaster relief and recovery efforts. A list of our members with links to their donation pages can be found HERE.
VOLUNTEERING:
If you wish to volunteer in response to Hurricane Harvey, please visit this link to find National VOAD members taking volunteers. Many of our organizations prefer or require affiliated volunteers, rather than unaffiliated volunteers.
The definitions for those terms can be found below:
-Affiliated Volunteers are attached to a recognized voluntary agency that has trained them for disaster response, and has a mechanism in place to manage them in an emergency.
-Unaffiliated Volunteers are individuals who can be local or come from outside the impacted area, but are not currently affiliated with a recognized disaster relief organization.
Thank you for your time and compassion. Please e-mail info@nvoad.org for more information.
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