In today’s post on disaster preparedness, let’s focus on extreme weather.

Here in the Washington, DC area, there is a winter storm that is going to hit overnight. The Monday commute will be challenging and preparations are being made to have the streets salted and the sidewalks cleared for pedestrians that take the metro and walk to work.

While this amount of snow may not be an issue in other parts of the country, let’s think about the number of people that utilize public transportation and then walk to the Capitol or other federal buildings in the area.

Proactive measures are being taken to prevent issues such as accidents, including pedestrians. However, my question to use is, how do you prepare from extreme weather?

Being from New York, I remember opening my front door and snow being so high, I couldn’t walk out! To me, that is extreme weather.

We must think of the impacts of climate change and how it impacts the weather and how we are preparing. Being proactive in our preparedness is better than reactive. So, though school delays may seem unnecessary now as you look out your window, it is better than waking up with no plan at all.

My call to action for you all is to think about the “extreme” types of weather in your part of the world and how you can be better prepared.

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