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As we enter our fourth year
as volunteers working on
Captiva Hurricane Preparation and
Response planning,
we encourage you to give us your feedback
about how we're doing
with this an online survey.
This
website will be updated regularly
if and when information becomes available
that is pertinent to Captiva and Sanibel
Islands. In the mean time we encourage
you to monitor the sites noted below.
This
is a rapidly evolving situation and
current guidance and other web content
may contain variations in how this
new H1N1 virus of swine origin is
referred to.
In
response to an intensifying outbreak
in the United States and internationally
caused by a new influenza virus of
swine origin, the World Health Organization
raised the worldwide pandemic alert
level to Phase 5 on April 29, 2009.
A Phase 5 alert is a “strong
signal that a pandemic is imminent
and that the time to finalize the
organization, communication, and implementation
of the planned mitigation measures
is short.”
Over
the coming days and weeks, these inconsistencies
will be addressed, but in the interests
of meeting the CDC's response goals,
all guidance will remain posted and
new guidance will continue to be issued.
The
CDC has prepared interim guidance
on how to care for people who are
sick and interim guidance on the use
of face masks in a community setting
where spread of this 2009 H1N1 flu
virus has been detected. This is a
rapidly evolving situation and CDC
will provide new information as it
becomes available. This information
can be accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu.
Take
Everyday Actions
To Stay Healthy.
Stay
informed.
Influenza
is thought to spread mainly person-to-person
through coughing or sneezing of infected
people.
Cover
your nose and mouth with a tissue when you
cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the
trash after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water,
especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based
hands cleaners are also effective.
Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
Germs spread that way.
Stay home if you get sick. CDC recommends
that you stay home from work or school and
limit contact with others to keep from infecting
them.
Follow public health advice regarding school
closures, avoiding crowds and other social
distancing measures.
Develop a family emergency plan as a precaution.
This should include storing a supply of
food, medicines, facemasks, alcohol-based
hand rubs and other essential supplies.
Please
Monitor The Followiong Websites For
All The Current Info
"Preventing
the loss of life and minimizing the damage to property
from hurricanes are responsibilities that are shared by
all." - Joe M. Allbaugh, FEMA Director
The most important thing that
you can do is to be informed and prepared. Disaster prevention
includes both being prepared as well as reducing damages
(mitigation).
We
Are Pleased To Announce That Captiva is
A Storm Ready Community effective 11/13/07
Thank
you for visiting www.MyCaptiva.info
Here
you will find current news & storm
preparation information for Captiva Island.
We
will also closely monitor and post all
summer storm tracks and warnings for storms
that threaten S.W. Florida as well as
current NHC storm information.
In
the event of an emergency, we will post
current news, updates and emergency information
as it becomes available from local first
responders and other resources in the
area.
Please
sign up on the mailing
list to make sure you get all the
updates and storm warnings! Then be sure
to go visit www.mycaptiva.info frequently
during hurricane season!
Thank
You To Everyone Who Is Working
So Hard
To Help Prepare Our Islands
For Any Future Storms!!
Including,
but certainly not limited to:
The
Countless Volunteers We Couldn't Do Without
Captiva
Civic Association
Captiva
Community Panel
Captiva
Fire Department & Chief Jay Halverson
Captiva
Hurricane Preparation Committee
Captiva
Property Owners Association
Doris Holzheimer
Celeste
Langer
Lee
County Emergency Operations Center
Lee
County Sheriff's Department & Lt. Joe
Poppalardo
Michael
Mullins
Please
note: All information that I am getting is from
other
sources ie: press releases, emails, phone calls, etc.
I try to keep the
information as accurate as possible, but please bear in
mind
that anything on this site is Subject to
Change, Accuracy is NOT Guaranteed
and will be updated as frequently as possible.
As always, we appreciate
those who have helped support
this site and our many volunteers!
Please
Help Support Our Efforts
Our volunteers cannot make do without your support!
Please make your
tax deductible donations to the
Captiva Community Panel
specifically earmarked as restricted to the
Captiva Hurricane Preparation & Response Committee
and mail it to:
