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Weather Safety Week Events 2014
National Severe Weather Preparedness Week: March 2-8, 2014
Ohio’s Spring Severe Weather Awareness Week: March 2-8, 2014
Statewide Tornado Drill: Wednesday, March 5 at 9:50 am
*Make Up Date (in case of inclement weather) Friday, March 7
National Flood Safety Awareness Week: March 16-22, 2014
Heat Awareness Day: Friday, May 23, 2014
National Lightning Safety Awareness Week: June 22-28, 2014
Ohio’s Winter Safety Awareness Week: November 16-22, 2014
Plan and prepare for severe weather incidents before they happen...
Severe Weather
Readiness

National Severe Weather
Preparedness Week:
March 2-8,2014

NOAA's Weather Ready Nation
Be a Force of Nature
StormReady
Ohio Citizen Corps
Weather Alert Apps/
Other Resources
Red Cross Mobile Apps - The American Red Cross has a variety of weather and safety apps to download from iTunes or Google Play.
Click here to learn more about the following apps: Earthquake, Team Red Cross: Volunteer, Tornado, Hurricane, Shelter Finder, First Aid, and Wildfire.
Insure U Online, a development of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, offers the myHOME Scr.APP.book app that allows users to photograph items, capturing images, descriptions, bar codes and serial numbers to store electronically for safekeeping. The app organizes information room-by-room, and creates a backup file for e-mail sharing. Keeping a home inventory list allows you to track what you own, know items’ worth, and make important insurance decisions easier.
The FEMA Smartphone App contains disaster safety tips, an interactive emergency kit list, emergency meeting location information, and a map with open shelters and open FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers. Apps available for the iPhone, Android and Blackberry.
The Insurance Information Institute offers multiple apps and software to help homeowners plan, prepare, respond, and restore after an emergency or disaster. The following apps are available for the iPhone or Android: The I.I.I. Toolkit, Know Your Plan, Know Your Coverage, and Know Your Stuff-Home Inventory.
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