Southold Emergency Management Committee and Southold Highway Department Forum

When

May 4, 2024    
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Where

Poquatuck Hall
1160 Village Lane, Orient, NY, 11957

Event Type

Hurricane season starts June 1, 2024 and the National Hurricane Center predicts a very busy season. Are you ready?

Don Fisher, Southold Emergency Management Committee Co-coordinator of Communications, will give an overview of how residents can best prepare their families and homes to respond to weather events and other emergencies in case of prolonged power outages.

If shelters are required, volunteers will be needed to help operate them. There is an upcoming “How to Staff a Shelter Course” scheduled to be held in Orient on May 18th. Please consider taking the course to help your neighbors.

Dan Goodwin, Superintendent of the Southold Highway Department, will give an update and general overview of the Highway Department, work in Orient Hamlet that has been completed, and projected work in Orient that has been identified. He will go over some of the difficult aspects we face in the community such as flooding and would appreciate the residents’ input on how the highway department can provide better service to Orient.

Questions about this event? Send to [email protected]

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