Hurricane season is days old, and the City of Biloxi wants to know if you are prepared. To help residents plan, the city is hosting its annual R U Ready event on Friday.
The free, informative event takes place from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum, 115 First St., with a wealth of useful information from emergency managers, state agencies and local businesses.
Booths will be set up outside the front of the museum and throughout the first floor, offering information on shelter locations, evacuation routes, flood insurance, transportation, pet safety, marine safety, fire safety, hurricane prep kits, electrical safety and more.
The Biloxi Fire Department will have its 27-foot Fire Prevention and Safety Trailer on site. Guests will be able to tour the trailer and experience a simulated hurricane, thunder and flooding event and a kitchen fire. Also, 3rd Rock Solar Company will have its solar power and generator trailer open for tours.
Presentations will take place from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in the first floor meeting rooms. Guests will be able to listen and ask questions. Here is the lineup of speakers.
10 a.m. – Marine Traffic during a Hurricane, Patrick Levine, Captain, Department of Marine Resources
10:05 a.m – Hurricane Hunters and Preparedness, Colonel Robert Stanton, 403rd Wing Vice Commander, Keesler Air Force Base
10:15 a.m. – Historic Water Height Observation Data, Dr. Hal Needham, Ph.D., Founder and President of Marine Weather and Climate
10:30 a.m – 2018 Hurricane Season; Hurricane Threat; Watches and Warnings; Personal Preparedness; Evacuations; Sheltering; 2019 Season Forecasts, Rupert Lacy, Director, and Matt Stratton, Deputy Director Harrison County Emergency Management Agency
10:50 a.m. – Generator and Power Line Safety, Archie Reeves, Mississippi Power
11 a.m. – Pet Preparedness, Casey Harrison, Humane Society of South Mississippi
11:05 a.m. – Storm Debris Removal, Bobby Carson, Engineer, City of Biloxi
11:10 a.m. – Transportation to a Shelter, Kevin Coggin, Executive Director, Coast Transit Authority
11:20 a.m. – Red Cross Preparedness, John McFarland, Executive Director, American Red Cross
The Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum is also hosting its new exhibit “Camille at 50” with the Camille Conversations Lunch and Learn event beginning at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $10 a person and includes lunch from Burger Burger. The exhibit is open daily at the museum through Nov. 30.
See the R U Ready flyer
See the R U Ready video from last year
Visit the Maritime & Seafood Museum website
