Two backpacks full of emergency supplies sit ready for action in the room next to Robin and Shawn Grayshield’s garage. As a wildland firefighter who has lived in Carson City, Nevada, for more than 40 years, Robin has seen people who arrived at a shelter with nothing but the clothes on their back “not even money in the wallet,” he said.
guidance. florida disaster.org, ready.gov, all have great information about preparedness kits, what you should have to take care of your family, you your loved ones and pets. we enconcern urge to take it seriously and listen to the guidance. and if folks are looking for the latest information on the storm and they are saying as folks sometimes do, you know what, i don t have to go, i ll be fine where i am, what would you say? unfortunately we hear that from time to time. i know you had directory brennan on earlier. right now category 3 is forecasted undergoing additional rapid intensification. but it is not just the wind that people should be concerned about. it is the storm surge pup we ll see up to 10 to 12 feet of storm surge in certain areas. and so while homes can be rebuilt and power lines restrung, we want to ensure that everyone is safe riding out the storm.
california looking for specific information, ready.gov is extremely helpful. for those that are listening, it s a great opportunity to download the fema app. they, or you can sign up for weather alerts and get other other preparedness information. make no mistake, it s a historic storm. again, due to the leadership of president biden and vice president harris, we continue to be positioned and ready as a nation to support any community in their time of need. in your line of work, you lead a team focused on building partnerships along others at fema, and the dhs, to advance equity. as the threat of climate change continues to grow more urgent, it is having more of a impact on communities of color, particularly for black communities. what messages are you sending to those communities so they can better prepare for those disasters? we have a number of national partners, including the national action network, the national association for the
part we had physical presence in washington state, california, throughout working closely with all of our powers to invite the broad coalition of concerned citizens and organizations to come with us to ensure that we continue to be there for people before, during, and after disasters. again, we have a number of resources available for ready.gov, and on the individual level, if anybody is looking at how to take community action, we re happy to engage with you via ready .gov as well. let me ask you this candidly, because you said that you work with various groups in the acp network, but let me ask you very candidly. environmental racism, the fact that the infrastructure in many areas of color, and particularly black communities, have been weakened, and people have been talking about this for a long time. will the fact that the government and fema are coming in now, will they deal with the