Post-Disaster Resources
Emergency Information Resources:
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If you signed up for:
Local Radio Stations (or check your local TV station):
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If you signed up for:
- Alertmarin.org (sophisticated action-based alert system for Marin County), landlines automatically included. you must opt in for any mobile devices or Voice over Internet Phones (Voip);
- Nixle.com (informational, community and action based alerts by zipcode. You may opt out of information and community alerts at nixle.com) and
- PG&E Safety Shutoff Alerts, you will get notified according to each alert system.
- You are automatically signed up for Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs aka Amber Alerts, 5 mile radius)
Local Radio Stations (or check your local TV station):
- 1330 AM, Corte Madera’s emergency information station
- KCBS 740 AM,
- KGO 810 AM,
- KQED 88.5 FM,
- NOAA weather alert radio channels listed by County: https://www.nws.noaa.gov/nwr/coverage/ccov.php?State=CA
Central Marin NRG Community Online on Facebook
Central Marin NRG has 2 online communities:
- @CMNRG for ongoing events and updates
- @CMNRG.bulletin.board for post-disaster online bulletin board. If cell networks aren't working, but folks can get access online if outside the disaster zone, folks can help each other reconnect, make rendezvous plans, etc.
***Handy to have a self-powered NOAA weather alert radio if the cell towers and/or PG&E power are down
Just turn the far right knob to "NOAA ALERT" to listen even if cell towers and/or PG&E power are down.
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Small NOAA Radio. Consider adding a hand crank/solar powered weather radio to your evacuation backpack, (some have a USB dock for charging a cell phone and flashlight). Marin County Sheriff's Office may broadcast current information.
Click here to buy at amazon.com, hand-cranked NOAA weather radio station with flashlight and usb port, $19.90 (October 2019) Larger NOAA Radio. This model has multiple ways to power the radio: solar powered, hand crank, hand crank rechargeable battery and disposable AAA batteries. Simply switch the radio to "NOAA Alert" to receive emergency evacuation alerts. Buy at this link at amazon.com -Kaito KA500 5-way Powered Solar Power, Dynamo Crank, Wind Up Emergency AM/FM/SW/NOAA Weather Alert Radio with Flashlight, Reading Lamp and Cellphone Charger, Yellow $49.95 (October 2019)
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Marin County Sheriff’s website has current emergency information: https://www.marinsheriff.org/services/emergency-services/current-emergency-info
American Red Cross has a website page to help locate loved ones. www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/contact-and-locate-loved-ones.html
If your loved one has a serious, pre-existing health or mental health condition, you may initiate an Emergency Information Request by calling your local American Red Cross Chapter: 1-800-RED-CROSS.
List yourself as Safe and Well or Search for a Family Member: https://safeandwell.communityos.org/zf/safe/add
American Red Cross has a website page to help locate loved ones. www.redcross.org/get-help/disaster-relief-and-recovery-services/contact-and-locate-loved-ones.html
If your loved one has a serious, pre-existing health or mental health condition, you may initiate an Emergency Information Request by calling your local American Red Cross Chapter: 1-800-RED-CROSS.
List yourself as Safe and Well or Search for a Family Member: https://safeandwell.communityos.org/zf/safe/add