Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Get flashlights, batteries and other supplies before the next storm hits.
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
By Sharon Civil Defense Director Michael Polimer Hurricane Irene and the 2011 Halloween storm have come and gone. Those two storms have again raised our interest in home emergency preparedness. Unfortunately in our busy lives, the "shelf life" of events is short, and we will soon forget what it is to live without electricity for several days. The upcoming holiday gift season gives us opportunities to purchase items at very favorable prices. A recent tour of the "big box" stores turned up bargains as small as LED flash lights and as big as electric generators. While these things might not be the ideal flashy hot gift items, they will be appreciated the next time the wires go down. Maybe a generator as a "family" gift is this year's big …
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Saturday, August 27, 2011
Hurricane's center was 600 miles southwest of Nantucket early Saturday.
Brace for flooding, Sharon. The National Weather Service in Taunton predicts 2 to 4 inches of rain from Hurricane Irene falling here between Saturday night and Sunday afternoon. Showers are likely Saturday, mainly after 5 p.m., with possibly a thunderstorm. Gusts of 80 mph are possible Sunday, the agency said on its website. The Sharon area is under a tropical storm warning and a flood watch. The center of Irene -- which has prompted evacuations about 2.3 million people throughout the East Coast -- was about 600 miles southwest of Nantucket as of 5 a.m. Saturday, the weather service said. "Based on the current forecast track, people in Southern New England should prepare for a period of strong to damaging winds, heavy rainfall and the …
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Civil Defense Department seeks to raise awareness of Sharon's emergency radio station.
Listening to AM radio before, during or after Sharon's Square Jam on Thursday may make residents feel safer during a storm. Sharon's Civil Defense Department will use its emergency station, AM 1630, on Thursday as it would if an emergency accident closed Post Office Square, the Square Jam's site. The station will broadcast a Square Jam emergency 911 parking message from noon to either 10 or 11 p.m., Civil Defense Director Michael Polimer and fellow volunteer Chuck Levine said Tuesday. The small all-volunteer department also will have signs directing motorists to tune into the station for this information. “Because of the nature of Square Jam, we basically block off the square,” Polimer said. “If we had an area that we wanted to block off, …
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