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(1/8) #HurricaneZeta UPDATE: Please prep this morning, take shelter by 2pm.
As of 7am #Zeta is expected to make landfall this afternoon, potentially as a Category 2. It's moving quickly, with #NewOrleans directly in its path. Prep for rain, heavy wind gusts, and power outages.
As of 7am #Zeta is expected to make landfall this afternoon, potentially as a Category 2. It's moving quickly, with #NewOrleans directly in its path. Prep for rain, heavy wind gusts, and power outages.
(2/8) We'll keep folks updated in our #ImagineMutualAid group, as well as via Instagram, throughout the day today. Links to both are in this thread.
#HurricaneZeta Prep checklist:
Move car to higher ground. Parking restrictions are now lifted.
#HurricaneZeta Prep checklist:
Move car to higher ground. Parking restrictions are now lifted.
(3/8) Secure outdoor projectiles like Halloween decorations, trash cans, patio furniture, and plants. Yes, this includes your pumpkins!
Bag leaves, and clear storm drains to help reduce street flooding.
Secure outdoor projectiles like Halloween decorations, trash cans, patio furniture, and plants. Yes, this includes your pumpkins! Bag leaves, and clear storm drains to help reduce street flooding.
(4/8) Fill bathtub and jugs w/ water. If the water supply is affected, we use tub water to flush toilets and wash up. The jugs of water are used if there's a boil water alert, which can happen sometimes when the power goes out. Bonus tip: Put some water bottles in the freezer.
Fill bathtub and jugs w/ water. If the water supply is affected, we use tub water to flush toilets and wash up. The jugs of water are used if there's a boil water alert, which can happen sometimes when the power goes out. Bonus tip: Put some water bottles in the freezer.
(5/8) Charge all electronic devices. This includes phones, portable battery packs, and laptops. Laptops can be used to charge phones again, in the case of a power outage.
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For details and a longer checklist, see our website at http://bit.ly/COVIDHurricane .
Charge all electronic devices. This includes phones, portable battery packs, and laptops. Laptops can be used to charge phones again, in the case of a power outage._____________
For details and a longer checklist, see our website at http://bit.ly/COVIDHurricane .
(6/8) Visit our Instagram (@imaginewaterworks) to submit questions anonymously to our Storm Prep Q&A: https://www.instagram.com/imaginewaterworks/
For Zeta @nolaready emergency updates and information, text ZETA to 888777.
For Zeta @nolaready emergency updates and information, text ZETA to 888777.
(7/8) Join our #ImagineMutualAid group to offer or receive additional support, pre or post #HurricaneZeta. This group is led by our team of native New Orleanians, hazard mitigation specialists, and disaster preparedness and response professionals: http://bit.ly/mutualaidneworleans
(8/8) And lastly, please consider donating. We are BIPOC and trans led, located in the Lower 9th. And we're the only local org who has been here EVERY day of 2020, supporting folks through #Cristobal, #Marco, #Laura, #Sally, #Beta, #Delta, and now #Zeta: https://donorbox.org/imagine-water-works
More on donating: If you'd like to see some of the work we've done with your support through #HurricaneLaura, check out our Laura Relief Fund donation page. We value transparency and have kept folks updated consistently since launching the fund on Aug 25.
https://donorbox.org/hurricane-laura-relief
https://donorbox.org/hurricane-laura-relief
