Hurricane evacuation game carolyn

Skip to content. Watch weather report and look out for hurricane Erin. Learn how to act during the hurricane by giving good advice to friends. Created as a learning material to support children education in hurricane preparedness.

The game increases the awareness of hurricanes. Players learn about hurricane science and how to prepare for hurricane and act during one. How to run this game? Are there places both east and west of I? Several elected officials and emergency managers from Miami-Dade and Broward stopped by throughout the course of the daylong event. Metayer emphasized the goal was to have them listen to residents' ideas -- which ranged from communication "hubs" with power and Internet, to solar-powered coolers -- and ultimately include those ideas in local and regional emergency plans and resilience strategies.

The money comes from donations to the Florida Disaster Preparedness Plan, a grassroots effort that organized " community emergency operations centers " statewide after Hurricane Irma. If you need a shelter that's equipped for disabilities or special needs, or if you need help evacuating before a hurricane, register with Miami-Dade County by clicking here or with Broward County by clicking here.

Search Query Show Search. Show Search Search Query. Play Live Radio. Next Up:. She is a favored speaker at church and community preparedness events, does private consultations, and authors the Totally Ready website and Facebook page. Carolyn has also hosted a blog talk radio shows. She has also written a guide to be kept in your car for survival when traveling; Totally Ready for the Road. In addition to her eBooks she has also written for several newspapers and currently writes a recurring column with Meridian Magazine.

Carolyn and her husband are the parent of four and grandparents of seventeen. Nicole grew up in a family of "preppers" - it wasn't described as prepping, it was just having common sense and being taught to be self-reliant. One of her most vivid memories is the weekend that the family built a food can storage shelf.

Her father was way ahead of the time in making sure that the cans were easily rotated by having the shelves slanted and cans would be loaded from the backside and roll to the front. Of course now people pay big money for pre-made shelf systems, but Nicole always sees her childhood rack as the best.