July 20, 2018

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This week's edition contains important updates for you and your family. First and foremost, this weekend is going to be hot. Extreme heat, including high humidity, could provide heat indices of over 110 degrees. Below, you will find recommendations from the Texas Department of Public Safety to avoid heat stroke and exhaustion. Be sure to check out the info-graphic from Alert Houston that can help you identify when medical attention is needed for someone suffering from a heat stroke.

This last week, the Harris County Flood Control District continued their meetings to discuss the upcoming bond election and the projects that are particular to the San Jacinto River and the Cedar Bayou Watershed. Next Monday, the HCFD will be meeting to discuss the proposal for the Luce Bayou Watershed. Be sure to take advantage of the links in the newsletter to offer your comments, questions, and concerns on the projects.

As we continue through hurricane season, be sure that you and your family Make A Plan. Below, you will be provided the steps to ensure that your family is prepared for any type of disaster that could strike your area.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely, 

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Make a plan today. Your family may not be together if a disaster strikes, so it is important to know which types of disasters could affect your area. Know how you’ll contact one another and reconnect if separated. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar and easy to find.

Step 1: Put together a plan by discussing these 4 questions with your family, friends, or household to start your emergency plan.

Step 2: Consider specific needs in your household.

As you prepare your plan tailor your plans and supplies to your specific daily living needs and responsibilities. Discuss your needs and responsibilities and how people in the network can assist each other with communication, care of children, business, pets, or specific needs like the operation of durable medical equipment. Create your own personal network for specific areas where you need assistance. Keep in mind some these factors when developing your plan:

Step 3: Fill out a Family Emergency Plan

Download and fill out a family emergency plan or use them as a guide to create your own.

Step 4: Practice your plan with your family/household

This week, the Harris County Flood Control District will be holding a meeting to discuss the proposed projects for the Luce Bayou Watershed. Due to the size of the San Jacinto River watershed, Harris County officials will be presenting the San Jacinto programs again at this meeting, along with the other projects.

If you missed last week's meeting at Cedar Bayou Watershed meeting, you can watch a video recording here.

Please be sure you make your voice heard and comment on any and all of the projects proposed by the Harris County Flood Control District. Full details on how to submit comments via the web, mail and phone may be found here. Each of the specific programs has a comment procedure, but HCFCD is also accepting comments on county wide projects. To learn more about the county-wide programs, follow this link.

You can offer comment on the county wide projects by following this link.

An interactive map of projects under discussion is available and will be updated as projects finalize. (The interactive map allows you to click on the button to the left side to turn on legislative district boundaries.) By clicking on icons for the project locations, you can read more about expected projects, their costs and participants/funding. The link to the site is: http://www.harriscountyfemt.org/cb

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reminding Texans to take extra safety precautions as temperatures and heat indices continue to reach 100 degrees and above in many parts of the state.

“We have already experienced extreme heat in most parts of the state this summer, and DPS wants to remind all Texans that the dangers from sustained high temperatures should not be taken lightly,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “Heat-related injuries and deaths are often preventable if we take the necessary steps to protect ourselves and others.” 

Extreme temperatures place children at greater risk of injury or death if left unattended in a vehicle. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, temperatures inside a car can rise more than 20 degrees in only 10 minutes. Even with an outside temperature of 60 degrees, the temperature inside a car can reach 110 degrees.

Heatstroke is one of the leading causes of non-crash-related fatalities among children, and every year, children die from heat-related injuries after being left in a vehicle or by entering a vehicle unnoticed. Leaving windows partially rolled down does not help. A child should never be left unattended in a vehicle. 

Additionally, extreme heat events or heat waves are one of the leading causes of weather-related deaths in the United States, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Periods of severe heat and high humidity tax the body’s ability to cool itself and can lead to heat exhaustion and heat stroke, which can be fatal.  

DPS offers the following tips for staying safe and managing the heat: 

The National Weather Service website provides additional information and tips for staying safe during periods of extreme heat. 

For more information on how to prepare for extreme heat, visit ready.gov. 

Thank you to AlertHouston for the info-graphic.

Our office is always ready to assist you. Call or email us and we will do our best to help. Many State Agencies also have hotlines or citizen assistance offices to assist you. That contact information is available at this link, in alphabetical order: 

http://www.lrl.texas.gov/genInfo/stateAgencies.cfm

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