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Reserve Your Ride to Safety in Advance Dial 2-1-1:
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Hurricane Preparedness & Tracking the StormHarris County Flood Control District Hurricane Tracker [3] National Weather Service Forecast for Houston/Galveston [7] US Coast Guard Storm Center [8] Harris County Citizen Corps [9] Get Help 211 Texas [10] American Red Cross of Greater Houston [11] FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Administration) [12] GovBenefits.org [13] - includes information about programs for disaster relief. Coping Helping Children Deal with Hurricane Disasters Book List [15] Children, Stress and Natural Disasters [16] Helping Children Cope in Unsettling Times [17] - Advice from the National Association of School Psychologists on helping children cope in unsettling times. Includes a section on coping with natural disasters [18]. Coping in Unsettling Times: Tips for Students [19] Disaster: Mental Health Handouts [20] - For adults, families & children, disaster workers and their families. Helping Children After a Disaster [21] - From the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Behavior changes to watch for. Helping Children Handle Disaster Related Anxiety [22] - Tips for pre-schoolers, school age children, and adolescents. From the National Mental Health Association. Health Topics Health topics from MedlinePlus [23] for the general public. Also available in Spanish.
For health, disaster, and toxicology workers (and the public) from Enviro-Health Links [33].
Insurance Information Institute [38] - Consumer advice on insurance and hurricanes Texas Department of Insurance Stormlink [39] - Consumer Help Line: 800-252-3439 National Flood Insurance Program [40] Local Information Harris County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management [4] City of Houston Office of Emergency Management [41] City of Galveston [42] City of Kemah [43] City of La Porte [44] City of League City [45] City of Nassau Bay [46] City of Seabrook [47] City of Shoreacres [48] City of Webster [49] Texas Texas Emergency Management [50] - Includes hurricane preparedness materials [51], including documents on family preparedness plans, emergency kits, documents, and special needs planning. |
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Links:
[1] http://www.hcpl.net/users/admin
[2] http://www.texasprepares.org/
[3] http://www.hcfcd.org/hurricanetracker/
[4] http://www.hcoem.org/
[5] http://www.hcfcd.org/firms.html
[6] http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
[7] http://www.srh.noaa.gov/hgx/
[8] http://www.uscg.mil/news/stormcenter/
[9] http://www.harriscountycitizencorps.com/
[10] https://www.211texas.org/211/
[11] http://www.houstonredcross.org/
[12] http://www.fema.gov/
[13] http://www.govbenefits.gov/
[14] http://www.salvationarmyhouston.org/
[15] http://www.hcpl.net/kidsite/kidsread/hurricane.htm
[16] http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~disaster/teacher/teacher.html
[17] http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/helpingchildrencope.aspx
[18] http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/naturaldisaster_teams_ho.aspx
[19] http://www.nasponline.org/resources/crisis_safety/unsettling_students.aspx
[20] http://www.trauma-pages.com/pg5.htm
[21] http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/disaster.htm
[22] http://www.nmha.org/reassurance/children.cfm
[23] http://medlineplus.gov
[24] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hurricanes.html
[25] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/floods.html
[26] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html
[27] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/copingwithdisasters.html
[28] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/carbonmonoxidepoisoning.html
[29] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drinkingwater.html
[30] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/firstaid.html
[31] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/foodsafety.html
[32] http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/molds.html
[33] http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/envirohealthlinks.html
[34] http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html
[35] http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/disasterrecovery.html
[36] http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/outreach/specialpopulationsanddisasters.html
[37] http://disaster.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricanearchive.html
[38] http://www.iii.org/disasters/Hurricane/
[39] http://www.tdi.state.tx.us/consumer/storms/index.html
[40] http://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/
[41] http://www.houstonoem.net/go/site/1855/
[42] http://www.cityofgalveston.org/
[43] http://www.kemah.net/
[44] http://www.ci.la-porte.tx.us/
[45] http://www.ci.league-city.tx.us/
[46] http://www.nassaubay.com/
[47] http://www.ci.seabrook.tx.us/
[48] http://www.cityofshoreacres.us/
[49] http://www.cityofwebster.com/
[50] http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/
[51] http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/ThreatAwareness/weather_aware_hurricane.htm
[52] http://www.dot.state.tx.us/travel/hurricane.htm