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HURRICANE HARVEY IS NOW A CATEGORY THREE HURRICANE.
fellow texans: this is serious. if you’re in an area where you were told to evacuate, YOU NEED TO EVACUATE.
Here are some resources from the Texas Democrats website:
Please only call 911 for immediate medical, fire or police emergencies.
Call 311 to report flooding or debris in streets.
- Resources for Hurricane Harvey
- Visit Hurricanes.govfor the latest on the storm.
- Visit www.ready.gov or www.listo.gov (español) for tips on how to prepare for and stay safe during hurricanes and flooding.
- Visit the FEMA Social Hub for updates from official emergency management social media accounts.
- Download the FEMA Mobile App
to receive alerts from the National Weather Service, get safety and
survival tips, customize your emergency checklist, find your local
shelter, and upload your disaster photos to help first responders.
- Report debris or flooding
- Call 311 from your phone to report debris or flooding
- Power outages
- Stay away from downed power lines
- Report downed power lines by calling 311
- Food safety after power outages
- http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/refridg_food.html
- Your food should be safe as long as power is out no more than 4 hours
- Keep the door closed as much as possible
- Discard any perishable food (such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs, and
leftovers) that have been above 40 degrees F for over 2 hours
- Social Media Accounts
- Legal hotline
- The State Bar of Texas has established a legal hotline at 1 (800)
504-7030 to help people find answers to basic legal questions and
connect them with local legal aid providers.
- Monetary donations and volunteering
I’d advise creating a Twitter account if you don’t already have one, and following these accounts as well:
- NWSHouston
- Texas Tribune list of journalists covering Harvey
- NBC News
- Houston Chronical
- NWS
- Houston Police Chief Acevedo
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Tribune
- ABC13 Houston
Some tips for those staying home to weather the storm [note: not everyone can afford to leave, or has anywhere to go to escape the storm. not everyone who stays lacks common sense, they just don’t have the funds, the transportation [disabled, no car, etc.], or family + friends to go anywhere else]:
- Take a shower now, then fill your tub with water. You might need that water later to flush your toilet.
- Make sure you’ve got an axe or something like it, because if you live in a low-lying area and the flood waters get into your house, you might end up needing to bust a hole in your roof to get out.
- DO NOT SWIM IN FLOOD WATER. Flood waters carry sewage, diseases, toxins, and things like water moccasins, brown recluse spiders, floating ant beds, and more. It is not a pool.
- Make sure you have extra batteries to power all of the things. Radios, flashlights, etc.
- Make sure all of your devices are charged, and purchase charger packs if possible. There’s a high chance that we all lose power, and it could be out for weeks. Make sure your devices are able to last you for as long as possible.
- Make sure you’ve filled your gas tank.
- If you live in a low-lying area, make sure all important things like legal documents, photographs, and electronics are up high. If you live in a two story, go ahead and put them up there.
- Don’t wait to evacuate until the last minute. If they say you need to leave, then LEAVE. If they haven’t, decide RIGHT NOW whether to stay or not. You don’t want to be caught out in the streets when they start to flood. Because they WILL flood.
- A lot of hurricane/tropical storm/flash flood-related deaths happen after the storm has passed. People try to venture out into the waters and end up drowning. Make sure you have everything you need so you don’t have to leave your house for a few days. It will NOT be safe.
- Check out this twitter thread and #StormTips for more tips:
Errors in Thinking that Create Anxiety
1. All-or-nothing thinking: Looking at things in black-or-white categories, with no middle ground (“If I fall short of perfection, I’m a total failure.”)
2. Overgeneralization: Generalizing from a single negative experience, expecting it to hold true forever (“I didn’t get hired for the job. I’ll never get any job.”)
3. The mental filter: Focusing on the negatives while filtering out all the positives. Noticing the one thing that went wrong, rather than all the things that went right.
4. Diminishing the positive: Coming up with reasons why positive events don’t count (“I did well on the presentation, but that was just dumb luck.”)
5. Jumping to conclusions: Making negative interpretations without actual evidence. You act like a mind reader (“I can tell she secretly hates me.”) or a fortune teller (“I just know something terrible is going to happen.”)
6. Catastrophizing: Expecting the worst-case scenario to happen (“The pilot said we’re in for some turbulence. The plane’s going to crash!”)
7. Emotional reasoning: Believing that the way you feel reflects reality (“I feel frightened right now. That must mean I’m in real physical danger.”)
8. ‘Shoulds’ and ‘should-nots’: Holding yourself to a strict list of what you should and shouldn’t do and beating yourself up if you break any of the rule
9. Labeling: Labeling yourself based on mistakes and perceived shortcomings (“I’m a failure; an idiot; a loser.”)
10. Personalization: Assuming responsibility for things that are outside your control (“It’s my fault my son got in an accident. I should have warned him to drive carefully in the rain.”)
Source: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/anxiety_self_help.htm
@tattooedluci replied to your post “Solar eclipses are fun and all, but remember to report any unusual…”
um yes. i’d like to report a talking venus fly trap
Probably nothing to worry about, right? I’d do whatever he says.
Solar eclipses are fun and all, but remember to report any unusual plants you find afterword to the proper authorities.
Some safety tips for anyone planning on invading the fire nation tomorrow:
– use the buddy system. Know where your group is planning to meet up after the battle.
– cell phone networks may go down, so make sure everyone knows what to do in an emergency.
– have a pre-set evacuation point in case things get out of hand.
– non-bending participants, be sure not to dress in red, black, or yellow, or you may be mistaken for fire nation
– stay on target. Don’t stop to take selfies with the avatar.
– make sure that pets and houseplants will be cared for, in the event that you are captured and sent to a prison camp.
– firebending is only restricted during the actual eclipse. Keep an eye on the clock. Time is limited.
– don’t look directly at the eclipse or you may go blind.
– there will be no eclipse in Ba-Sing-Se
I was at a swap meet today and there were so many bikers there. So many. There were all these tattooed guys in leather, walking around in nice jeans and I’m pretty sure it almost killed me.
That sounds freaking awesome! (I mean, assuming they weren’t creepy guys, of course).
No creepy guys! They were all pretty nice. And it was absolutely awesome.
Ive never been to a swap meet so this whole conversation fascinates me what were they getting? What’s the purpose here?
It’s kinda like a random hodgepodge of sellers who had everything from jewelry to food to ammunition. My guess is they were there for the gun raffle that was going on (‘cause America) and/or the guy selling custom bike parts.
Ahhh so it’s like a market thing, also gun shit at a market America is so baffling why?
It is! But you can never be sure what you’re gonna find and it usually only happens on weekends.
As far as gun shit… yeah I don’t know. Americans love guns and have a strong distain for gun safety apparently.
The worlds a weird place.
It’s not a disdain for safety, most of the people who buy ammunition at the swap meets and conventions usually are buying from people who produce the ammunition independently as a hobby or as a second source of income. Most buyers are in clubs that exercise gun safety and they go to the swap-meets to promote local businesses. My neighbor does it, and as far as I know he has to pay taxes and fees for selling guns and ammunition which go to funding for wildlife protection and the conservation of public lands. He gets audited for that stuff constantly
I don’t really want to get into a conversation about guns and all that but I was more referring to the fact that it’s possible, in my state and many others, to buy a gun or win a gun in a raffle without any sort of background check or waiting period if it’s from a private seller. That, I feel, is an unsafe practice and an issue of gun safety.
Ah, you are right, I do agree that is unsafe and irresponsible, because waiting periods and background checks are our only way of regulating who can and cannot get ahold of firearms, I didn’t realize that occurs in some states (tbh it probably happens where I’m from too) my apologies. I mean really, this post is about hot biker men. Srsly, where is this swap meet??
Lol. No worries! It’s more common than not for states to have no background check requirement for private gun sale. It’s sometimes called “the gun show loophole” and a big reason to advocate for universal background checks. But, no harm, no foul.
I’m from New Mexico. Lots of hot guys around, lol.
Gun raffle??? Ammunition? You can just sell guns at a swap meet in America? Ours are like full of old ladies selling soap and preserves and hardanger/crochet/knitted goods.
You totally can. I mean, it’s not like going to a swap meet in American means there aren’t old ladies selling knitted hats and jams or knock-off designer brands or oatmeal soap, it’s just that sometimes you can find guns and ammo, too.
But yeah, you can sell guns at swap meets. I believe the seller have to have proper permits and paperwork in order to do it legally, but the buyers don’t have to have a background check to get it in most states.
I was at a swap meet today and there were so many bikers there. So many. There were all these tattooed guys in leather, walking around in nice jeans and I’m pretty sure it almost killed me.
That sounds freaking awesome! (I mean, assuming they weren’t creepy guys, of course).
No creepy guys! They were all pretty nice. And it was absolutely awesome.
Ive never been to a swap meet so this whole conversation fascinates me what were they getting? What’s the purpose here?
It’s kinda like a random hodgepodge of sellers who had everything from jewelry to food to ammunition. My guess is they were there for the gun raffle that was going on (‘cause America) and/or the guy selling custom bike parts.
Ahhh so it’s like a market thing, also gun shit at a market America is so baffling why?
It is! But you can never be sure what you’re gonna find and it usually only happens on weekends.
As far as gun shit… yeah I don’t know. Americans love guns and have a strong distain for gun safety apparently.
The worlds a weird place.
It’s not a disdain for safety, most of the people who buy ammunition at the swap meets and conventions usually are buying from people who produce the ammunition independently as a hobby or as a second source of income. Most buyers are in clubs that exercise gun safety and they go to the swap-meets to promote local businesses. My neighbor does it, and as far as I know he has to pay taxes and fees for selling guns and ammunition which go to funding for wildlife protection and the conservation of public lands. He gets audited for that stuff constantly
I don’t really want to get into a conversation about guns and all that but I was more referring to the fact that it’s possible, in my state and many others, to buy a gun or win a gun in a raffle without any sort of background check or waiting period if it’s from a private seller. That, I feel, is an unsafe practice and an issue of gun safety.
I was at a swap meet today and there were so many bikers there. So many. There were all these tattooed guys in leather, walking around in nice jeans and I’m pretty sure it almost killed me.
That sounds freaking awesome! (I mean, assuming they weren’t creepy guys, of course).
No creepy guys! They were all pretty nice. And it was absolutely awesome.
Ive never been to a swap meet so this whole conversation fascinates me what were they getting? What’s the purpose here?
It’s kinda like a random hodgepodge of sellers who had everything from jewelry to food to ammunition. My guess is they were there for the gun raffle that was going on (‘cause America) and/or the guy selling custom bike parts.
Ahhh so it’s like a market thing, also gun shit at a market America is so baffling why?
It is! But you can never be sure what you’re gonna find and it usually only happens on weekends.
As far as gun shit… yeah I don’t know. Americans love guns and have a strong distain for gun safety apparently.
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