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DHPS Tips: 10 Tips to Prepare for Hurricane Season
In early July, Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly strengthened to a Category 5 storm and continued to dump rain across the country for days after making landfall. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) predicts a ninth consecutive above-average season, driven by near-record heat in the Atlantic Ocean.
Institutions located on the Atlantic or Gulf coasts are vulnerable to these storms, but even remnants of hurricanes can cause major rain and flooding inland. Here are ten tips to help prepare your collections against the risk of these major storms.
DHPS Tips: Emergency Supplies on a Shoestring
All collecting institutions should have some basic emergency supplies to deal with inevitable incidents such as roof leaks, burst pipes, fires, and storm damage. A reasonable question to ask is, how many supplies to have on hand? From the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts’ Emergency Supply Kits resource:
"Until an actual emergency, it can be difficult to determine how many supplies to have on hand. Based on the size and type of the collection, institutions should have enough supplies to fully handle a smaller emergency or to last the first 24 hours of a larger disaster until more supplies can be shipped."
Fortunately, preparing for emergencies doesn't have to be costly. While shopping for the DHPSNY salvage workshop supplies at a local dollar store, we noticed how many useful items were available there. Whether you are collecting things for your institution’s emergency supply kits or need to grab things on short notice to deal with an incident, a dollar store is a useful resource. All of these items are readily available at big box and hardware stores, as well as online.
