Press Release - The South Carolina Emergency Management Division's 2010 South Carolina Hurricane Guide is available in both English and Spanish starting Tuesday and continuing for the entire six-month hurricane season on the internet at www.scemd.org. The guide is also being distributed in nine coastal newspapers Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Guide is the only officially recognized hurricane preparedness guide for South Carolina and is valid for the 2010 hurricane season, which lasts from today through November 30. The Guide includes important information that people can use before, during and after hurricane threats. Preparation information includes lists of suggested safety and convenience items, evacuation routes, shelter locations, key broadcast stations, useful websites, animal care resources, and a map of vulnerable coastal areas. SCEMD has compiled this life safety information from federal and state agencies, volunteer organizations and the private sector.
Governor Mark Sanford has proclaimed May 30- June 5 Hurricane Awareness Week. SCEMD urges citizens to take time now to prepare for disasters by reviewing their family emergency plans and developing a disaster supplies kit.
As part of Hurricane Awareness Week, the Hurricane Guide is being distributed via subscription and rack sales Tuesday in The Beaufort Gazette, Bluffton Today, the Charleston Post and Courier, the Hilton Head Island Packet, the Sumter Item, the Florence Morning News, and the Orangeburg Times and Democrat. It will be distributed Wednesday in The Georgetown Times and the Myrtle Beach Sun News.
