FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Pete Winton, Lee County Administration
(239) 335-2777
COUNTY GETTING OUT HURRICANE INFO. THROUGH
PRINT/TV/INTERNET
FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 9, 2003) - Lee County Government is providing a wide
variety of information to residents interested in learning more about being
prepared for hurricane season.
Print, Internet, and television is being used to get the message out about how
important it is for residents to be ready in the event a storm heads toward Lee
County.
Emergency Management Offices from around Southwest Florida have joined together
to produce the 2003 edition of the All Hazards Guide. This in-depth guide covers
what residents need to know to be prepared for any type of disaster from
flooding to wildfires, with a particular emphasis on hurricanes.
The guide is available at the Lee County Emergency Operations Center on Ortiz
Avenue, area libraries, fire departments, chambers of commerce, police stations,
and post offices. The All Hazards Guide can be viewed on the county's web site
at http://www.lee-ems.com/em/Complete%20Version%202003.pdf. Hurricane
information, including up-to-date bulletins during hurricane season, can be
accessed at Lee County's Public Safety website: www.lee-ems.com.
Lee County also is broadcasting information on its government access channel
news and information program, Lee TV Newswrap. The program has tips on what
residents should do before a hurricane arrives, what to take to a local shelter,
and how to prepare their home for an impending storm.
Hurricane: Prepare to Survive, produced by the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, looks at the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew and gives viewers a
more detailed look at how to prepare for an approaching storm. This video runs
at the end of Newswrap, which is broadcast at 10 a.m., 3 p.m., and 7 p.m.,
Monday through Saturday on ComCast, channel 11, and Time Warner, channel 16.
Lee TV is also broadcasting hurricane prep information for both residents and
local businesses and schedules for local hurricane seminars given by Lee County
Emergency Management. This information will be broadcast on Lee TV's bulletin
board system, which runs 24 hours a day in place of live or taped programming.
Lee TV's broadcast schedule can be viewed on the county's website at
www.lee-county.com. Click on Information/Media Center and select Lee TV
Schedule.