Useful info for SoCal residents

[MoodyBlues]

If you're in Southern California, you're surely aware of the fires raging throughout our area. I've compiled some info that you may find useful, not just now, but in the event of an earthquake, too.

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American Red Cross
RedCross.org
(800) RED CROSS/(800) 733-2767
mobile@redcross.org

First Aid app -- everyone should have this!; lots of helpful first aid info

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Evac-u-Pet -- matches pet owners with volunteers who can evacuate their animals, of any size; currently LA County only
Evacu.pet
(833)-Evac-U-Pet/(833) 382-2873
info@evacu.pet

EvacuPet app

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FEMA -- Federal Emergency Mgt; sign up for alerts like high wind and fire weather warnings; help for after a disaster
FEMA.gov
(202) 646-2500
FEMA-New-Media@fema.dhs.gov

FEMA app

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LA County Pets -- search local shelters for missing pets; take pets in during evacuations for safekeeping; or adopt a new family member any time
LA County Pets
(800) 253-3555
wpplus@isd.lacounty.gov

LA County Pets app

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NotifyLA
NotifyLA.org
Sign up online or by texting your ZIP code to 888777; receive alerts of impending danger

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The Works - LA Co Dept of Pub Works app that notifies of road closures and other info
DPW LA County
enotify@dpw.lacounty.gov

The Works app

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If you know of any other helpful sites/services/apps, please post them.

 

[Bearsyzf]

@MoodyBlues Thank you for the info, i will use this.

 

[MoodyBlues]

@MoodyBlues Thank you for the info, i will use this.

You're welcome.

 

[Dngrsone]

I heard there were fires up your way, Moody... how bad is it?

 

[MoodyBlues]

I heard there were fires up your way, Moody... how bad is it?

Where I am, Arcadia, knock on wood, we've been unaffected so far. But the LA region has been hit hard. Just today a fire broke out in Topanga Canyon. Honestly, it just seems like a never-ending chain of fires.

As if the fires weren't bad enough, Trump adds insult to injury by withholding [or threatening to] federal funds to fight them. He's so pathetically misinformed, it's not even funny. He thinks these are 'forest fires,' and has previously declared that if we managed our forests better [by keeping them raked], this wouldn't happen. The truth is, these are wildfires, in urban/suburban areas, nowhere near forests--and, even if they were, the federal government manages 90-something percent of California's forests! So he should look in the mirror to see who's mishandling CA's forests.

What about you? Are you okay?