Alabamians Need to Prepare Now for Gustav

Alabamians have a few valuable days to get prepared for Gustav. Forecasters are predicting that Gustav may be a category III hurricane by the time it comes ashore late Sunday or early Monday.

Homeowners and businesses should be smart and not wait until the storm is just hours away before preparing for wind and rain that will come from the storm.

Hurricanes bring a variety of life-threatening hazards but flooding is usually the worst. With flooding comes power outages, need for clean water, and other problems, just to name a few.
Strong winds can create large areas of devastation, destroying mobile homes, tearing off roads and toppling power lines and trees. Hurricane winds can extend well inland from the coast, with the strongest sustained winds normally in the eastern half of the storm. In addition, hurricanes can spawn tornadoes that add to the destructiveness of the storm.

Preparation is the best protection against the dangers of a hurricane. Eighty to 90 percent of people living in hurricane-prone areas have never experienced the core of a major hurricane. Many of these people have a false impression of a hurricane

Posted by dreynold at August 27, 2008 02:34 PM | TrackBack