Lee Health shares tips for storm prep during a pandemic

Emergency Management leaders with Lee Health shares tips to help you prepare for a hurricane during a pandemic.

WITH THE HURRICANE ON TRACK TOPOTENTIALLY MAKE LANDFALLTOMORROW..THANKS DEREK - WE’LL KEEPCHECKING IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUTTHE NIGHT.HURRICANE PREP DURING APANDEMIC...THAT’S PROBABLY NOT A SENTENCEYOU’D EVER THOUGHT YOU’D HEAR.BUT THIS YEAR...THAT’S OURREALITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SUREYOU’RE READY.AS WE WAIT TO SEE WHAT HURRICANEISAIAS WILL DO...FOX 4’SROCHELLE ALLEYNE IS HELPING YOUGET READY...BY SHARING STORMPREP TIPS FROM LEE HEALTH.(48-52)WITH ALL EYES ON HURRICANEISAIAS...*NOW IS THE BEST TIMETO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOURHURRICANE PLANS AND PREP NAILEDDOWN..GREG FISHER WITH LEE HEALTH’SEMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TEAM SAYS ALOT OF THIS YEAR’S PREP WILLLOOK THE SAME.."Have supplies of non-perishablefood, water, medications.."BUT THERE’S ALSO A LOT THATWON’T...BECAUSE OF COVID-19.FISHER SAYS THE BEST WAY TO PREPDURING A PANDEMIC... IS TO STARTWITH THIS."Knowing your own home and knowyour zone."HE SAYS *THAT WILL HELP YOUDETERMINE IF YOU NEED TO HUNKERDOWN...OR HEAD OUT.IF YOU’VE GOT TO LEAVEHOME...IT’S BEST TO KNOW *WHERETO GO.AND RIGHT NOW...BECAUSE OF THEPANDEMIC SHELTERS WON’T LOOKQUITE THE SAME..."They’re going to try todecrease capacity at individualshelters, but expand the amountof shelters."AND HOSPITALS WON’T EITHER.."During Hurricane Irma, Ibelieve we had almost 11,000people in our hospitals duringthose storms. That will not bethe same for future storms thisyear due to COVID-19."ACCORDING TO FISHER LEE HEALTHWILL BE LIMITING THE AMOUNT OFSTAFF AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERSTHAT CAN RIDE OUT THE STORM INTHEIR BUILDINGS...TO HELPACCOMMODATE PATIENTS AND OTHERSWHO NEED SHELTER...THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU HAVE AMEDICAL NEED AND FEEL LIKE AHOSPITAL *WOULD BE THE BESTPLACE FOR YOU TO WEATHER ASTORM...HERE’S WHAT YOU SHOULDDO."We do recommend and encouragepeople to go into the county’sspecial needs registry and fillout an application, register andyour application will beevaluated and screened."AND NO MATTER WHERE YOU FINDYOURSELF EVACUATING TO...FISHERADDS THAT IT’S A GOOD IDEA TOKEEP THINGS LIKE EXTRAMASKS...GLOVES AND HANDSANITIZER ON YOU THIS YEAR..."It’s always a good idea to beindividually prepared becauseyou don’t know where you m