Are you ready for severe weather?Severe weather alerts can arm you with up-to-the-minute information to help you make better decisions and stay safe. 1. A NOAA Weather radio is highly recommended. Relatively inexpensive and easy to use, these radios will tune into severe weather alerts broadcast by NOAA (The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and NWS (The National Weather Service). To ensure you only receive updates specific to where you are, most models let you enter a location-based code, which eliminates broadcasts that don’t pertain to you. Another nice feature is that most NOAA weather alert radios can be powered by either a wall outlet or by batteries, so you keep getting updates even in the event of a power outage. 2. Two valuable apps, available at the App Store (for Apple products) and Google Play (for Android), are the Williamson County WILCO Ready app and My Radar to monitor the weather. You can also register at: Warn Central Texas.org to receive Emergency Messages or COVID-19 Information, by Text, Email, or Phone. Additionally, the Sun City Emergency Management Committee has compiled a number of articles, documents and emergency planning information on the Sun City Community Association website (sctexas.org) to help Sun City residents be prepared. Once you login to the website, proceed as follows: 1. Under Resident Home, you will see a number of orange-colored boxes on the right-hand side. Click on “Boards and Committees”. 2. Next, click on “Emergency Management Committee” from the choices on the right of that screen. 3. You are now on the Emergency Management Committee website. 4. The orange boxes on the right are quick links to important information. “Web Links” will take you to a page displaying useful emergency web sites such as FEMA.gov. 5. On the left-hand side of this Web Links page, if you click on “Be Prepared”, you will find guidance for preparing for emergencies such as chemical incidents, floods, heat emergencies, gas leaks, thunderstorms, tornadoes and wildfires. | 