Seasonal Tips

For every season, there is an issue that, if not addressed, can result in a disaster of small or huge proportions. Preparation tips useful across business, community, farm, and home lines are linked here.

Winter in Alabama can be treacherous: be prepared!

Alabama Winter Weather Awareness Week brochure (December 3 – 7, 2007)

Snow/Ice  Issue Page (EDEN)

Spring brings flowers, budding trees, and storms...

Floods (eXtension)

Floods and Flooding (EDEN)

StormReady (EDEN)

Tornado  Issue Page (EDEN)

Summertime and the living is—HOT—especially for outside workers.  Summer is also hurricane season.

Coping with Hot Work Environments (Extensión en Español publication, available in English and Spanish)

Heat Stress: Hazards and Possible Solutions (A collection of fact sheets on the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Web site)

Heat Stress Card (OSHA publication)

Heat Stress Card (OSHA publication, Spanish version)

Skin Cancer: Protect Yourself (ACES brochure)

Sports Nutrition for Young Adults: Hydration (ACES publication)

Sun Safe (ACES brochure)

Your Dog in Your Community (ACES publication)

Reducing Damage in Future Storms Issue Page (EDEN, hurricane-resistant building tips)

Fall means back to school and national disaster preparedness month.

Citizen Corps (Citizen Corps Councils)

Creating a Culture of Preparedness Among Schools (U.S. DHS fact sheet)

September is National Disaster Preparedness Month (EDEN)