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Red Cross urges northeast to prepare for Sandy

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    American Red Cross spokesperson offers hurricane tips

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Speaking of very serious you really don't want to wait until just a day or two before a storm to get yourself ready should always have a -- prepared.

But here to help us out for people like guys who maybe haven't taken all the steps we need.

And it -- -- as a spokesperson for the American red cross and she's not this year.

She's brought some great examples of what you need years ago I investing in the -- radio it's not a hand cranked one though like this how important is it.

Canada have a radio like that this is a critical piece of this preparedness on.

We respect to how this -- crank radio or a battery operated rainy out and make sure you do have a battery operated that you have -- that you have extra batteries.

Very important if you have power outages you're not able to turn the TV on the radio is and -- -- essential tool to get the communication that you need.

So clearly -- recommend having snacks and food and lots of us have Halloween candy that's probably what many of us will end up -- But I thought this was great and I've never actually seen this -- even though I've covered storms.

Emergency drinking water -- seen the pellets that you can put -- to purify water.

After the -- that I covered but when he would get skewed by this now yes -- right now what we reckoning dealing is just going to -- local superstore.

Local gas station local food market.

By as much water is possible in the -- do you recommend one gallon of water per person per day so if you haven't -- only make sure you -- plan appropriately.

And it's very important to have that water -- you don't know.

On if you're going to be able -- have water for depression -- and other essential items.

-- it you need water for so first aid kit.

Flashlights.

Doesn't -- things wolf think what are some of the things that we mean everything you have a following here with a charger yeah.

That's something -- that you need a plan now make sure you have all of your electronic devices the charters that go with them if you don't know how long this storm.

Will be in the will be going long how long he may be away from your hand if you do evacuate.

With repeat we -- recommend that everybody has an emergency preparedness kit.

In this at least for three days but wouldn't recommend these are the basic -- -- -- first state -- on an emergency blanket maps.

-- personal hygiene I -- yourself and -- Batteries and -- Flashlight but again this is -- This is accurate that we recommend the basic items we candidate your website you can at Red Cross dot org but we -- -- now to two go hand build this and I it's in your hand go to the store now before the storm.

On -- makes landfall and also make sure he Taylor back -- your family needs he need important medical documents.

On the.

Mentioned that he position but I want to ask you this the Red Cross does an incredible job.

Every dollar that comes to pretty much get spent to help people but the expanse of this store them.

Is so -- just three storms coming together at the same time.

And then the elevators will be out the lights will be out they'll be trees in the way how are you gonna get to all the people that need you what that number one.

I think we're gonna make sure we do is that we have all of our volunteers in the safe area once it is safe for them to get win.

They will begin going out into -- assessing the damage and providing relief supplies to those folks that are still in -- -- -- we also have shelter locations.

He -- -- Red Cross dot org you can get updated list of shelters.

We're gonna have volunteers in these areas but he did address -- very unimportant issue that this is going to be a very large storm.

And it could cost us a lot of money and lasted very long time we rely on the financial -- nation and the American people so we encourage people to make a financial donation can there.

Let's just put up one more time real quick.

If you do want to help and I would encourage you to because you never know when you're gonna need the Red Cross you can call -- go to the web -- an even ten dollars as you say by texting.

Can make a huge difference and work your there for us where they're from you.

Thanks for coming and I hope everybody takes it seriously gets it done heed the call listen to the warnings and evacuate if you're asked to.

Nice to meet you good luck and saying what you do thank you for having me today -- good luck and good luck to all of us in the next few.

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