Page 10 - Jupiter Spotlight - October '19

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Northern Notes Grand Celebration Cruise Ship

Family Communication Comes To The Rescue

During And After Disasters Photos by Penny Sheltz do this for the people of the Bahamas and the island of
The Florida-based Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line Grand Bahama, especially given our history with the
By O’Neal Bardin, Jr., had their ship the Grand Celebration take supplies, first island. Apart from the Bahamas we have no other home,
Executive Director, responders including doctors, electricians and firemen and so it was like the destruction was in our backyard,” said
Northern Palm Beach Bahamian evacuees in Florida to Grand Bahama Island. CEO Oneil Khosa.
County Improvement Bahamas Paradise collected specific items donated at their
District warehouse in Riviera Beach, as well as monetary resources
Your family may not in partnership with the Mission Resolve Foundation.
be together when disaster The cruise line said that the Grand Celebration ship
strikes, so plan how you offered the chance for Bahamians stranded by Hurricane
will contact one another. Dorian to evacuate to Florida free of charge, given they
Think about how you will have the proper documentation. “We felt like we had to
communicate in different
situations. Consider the
following questions when
making a plan:
• How will my family/household get emergency alerts and
warnings?
• How will my family/household get to safe locations for
relevant emergencies?
• How will my family/household get in touch if the cell
phone, Internet, or landline doesn’t work?
• How will I let loved ones know I am safe?
• How will family/household get to a meeting place after
the emergency?
Complete a contact card for each adult family member and Grand Celebration awaits supplies to be loaded from their
print them out. Have them keep these cards handy in a wallet, warehouse at the Port of Palm Beach.
purse or briefcase, etc. Additionally, complete contact cards
for each child in your family. Put the cards in their backpacks
or book bags. An example can be found at http://www.fema.
gov/media-library/assets/documents/34330. Information
should include contact information for family, friends and Dreaming Up the Ideal
neighbors as well as doctors and school information. Retirement Is Your Job.
Identify a contact such as a friend or relative who lives
out of state for household members to notify, they are safe. Helping You Get There
It may be easier to make a long-distance phone call than to Is Ours.
call across town, so an out-of-town contact may be in a better
position to communicate among separated family members.
The following are tips when making phone calls and using To learn more about why Edward Jones
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try to convey only vital information to emergency personnel o ce today.
and/or family.
• For nonemergency communications, use text messaging,
email, or social media instead of making voice calls on your
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cell phone, wait 10 seconds before redialing to help reduce
network congestion.
• Immediately following a disaster, resist using your
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