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Be Safe on the Road
- Driving on a flooded road? Turn around don’t drown (2 feet of water can sweep your car away)
- Allow extra space between cars
- Turn on headlights
- Keep your gas tank full
- Keep the windshield clear
- Slow down
- Be more observant
- Power outages may impact traffic signals; treat all intersections as four-way-stops during and outage
- If a power line falls across your car while you are driving, stay inside and continue to drive away from the line; do not accept help from anyone other than emergency personnel
Stay Safe At Home
- Downed and dangling wires can electrify puddles, wet grass and the surrounding area (and they don’t always spark or hum); if a line is down in your yard, remain indoors and call 911 immediately
- Beware during flooding; just 6 inches of moving water can knock you down
- Keep flashlights handy in case power goes out
- Keep your phone and other devices powered on and consider a portable charger as a back-up
- Watch out for loose debris
- Secure items loose items and outdoor holiday displays before strong winds
- Have an evacuation plan and an emergency kit if you live in a wildfire burn area; when rain falls in burn areas, the ground cannot absorb the water, so it flows downhill and may pick up topsoil as it goes
- Learn about flood preparedness
Conserve Water
- Turn off your sprinklers and any outdoor irrigation systems when rain is expected
- Keep your irrigation turned off for at least two days after it rains; you don’t need to begin watering again until the top two inches of soil are dry
- Consider collecting rainwater for future outdoor watering
- More tips for saving water when there’s rain in the forecast at http://saveourwater.com
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