​​Community Preparedness ​and Resilience

COLD ​WEATHER

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FEMA's video briefly explains what we need to know & do
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Here are Trusted local sources:

• Multnomah County’s Care for When It’s Cold webpage has both general and current information.
• For Winter Weather Safety Information go to Public Alerts.  Use the pull-down below their logo to choose from 26 different languages.  Please share this with your ESL friends and neighbors.
• During severe winter weather events, call 211 if someone needs severe weather shelter information or transportation to a warming shelter. 
• If you need weatherization information or assistance Click here or call 211.
• Checkout PG&E’s Medical Baseline Program if you or yours have a medical condition that makes you vulnerable to cold weather.
• If you have kids in school, see the PPS Inclement Weather Information page and sign up for text alerts about weather-related delays and closures.
• If you use public transportation, check out Trimet's Winter Weather Tips for information and alert signup.
• Also check out Oregon’s Winter Storms site.

If you want to know more:

• Here is FEMA's comprehensive and easy to read PDF on Winter Storms.
• Here is CDC's info on preparing your home & car for a Winter Storm.​
• Here is the Humane Society's information on keeping your pets safe. 
• Here is the Red Cross Winter Storm Safety page,
• Here is the Ready.gov - Winter Weather site.

 
And a couple of reminders:

• We are responsible for clearing our public sidewalks.
• Clear snow from sidewalks before it becomes ice.
• Use salt sparingly on cleared walks.  It is of little value on top of thick ice.
• Watch out for "re-freeze" ice.  It is the most treacherous and hard to see.

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Revised Dec 13, 2021 by John Legler & Amanda Westervelt
                                                                             CKNA Community Preparedness & Resilience Committee