AMERICAN RED CROSS MOBILE APP
The American Red Cross launched its official Hurricane App, putting lifesaving information right in the hands of people who live in or who visit hurricane prone areas.
This free app is the second in a series to be created by the American Red Cross, the nation’s leader in emergency preparedness, for use on both iPhone and Android platforms. It gives instant access to local and real time information on what to do before, during and after hurricanes.
App features include:
Texas Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (VOAD)
Texas VOAD is a humanitarian association of independent voluntary organizations who may be active in all phases of disaster. Its mission is to foster efficient, streamlined service delivery to people affected by disaster, while eliminating unnecessary duplication of effort, through cooperation in the four phases of disaster: preparation, response, recovery, and mitigation. For more information on VOAD, visit their webpage.
WHAT DOES ERCOT DO?
Chances are the electricity that gets delivered to your home is managed by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT. ERCOT plays a critical role in making sure that the lights in your home come on when you flip a switch.
In turn, ERCOT, the state’s largest electricity management agency, oversees the electric grid, which receives electricity from power generators and distributes it to homes and businesses using electric utilities. In all, ERCOT serves 23 million Texas customers representing 85 percent of the state’s electric load and 75 percent of the state’s land area.
ERCOT serves three main functions with regard to the management of the delivery of electricity in Texas:
TEXAS WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT PORTAL