{"id":24440,"date":"2024-09-25T09:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=24440"},"modified":"2024-09-30T09:42:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T13:42:23","slug":"sen-ossoff-urges-georgians-to-prepare-now-for-tropical-storm-helene-2","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-urges-georgians-to-prepare-now-for-tropical-storm-helene-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff Urges Georgians to Prepare Now for Tropical Storm Helene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Albany, Ga.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is urging Georgians to prepare now for Tropical Storm Helene, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to the steps below, Georgians should continue to monitor local news and follow instructions from public safety and emergency management officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Sen. Ossoff is urging Georgians to take steps now to prepare themselves and their families:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"1\">\n<li>Prepare a ready kit in case you lose power or have to evacuate \u2014 including non-perishable food, water, first aid kit, any medicines you may need, flashlights, and batteries.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Make a family evacuation plan \u2014 know where you will go if ordered to evacuate from your homes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Make a family communications plan.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"4\">\n<li>Prepare to secure your home or business.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"5\">\n<li>Help your friends and neighbors prepare. We all play a role in helping our communities prepare.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albany, Ga.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is urging Georgians to prepare now for Tropical Storm Helene, which is forecast to strengthen into a hurricane. In addition to the steps below, Georgians should continue to monitor local news and follow instructions from public safety and emergency management officials. Sen. Ossoff is urging Georgians to take steps [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24440","press-releases","type-press-releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press-releases"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24442,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/24440\/revisions\/24442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}