Beryl, now a tropical storm, is making its way through greater Houston, and residents are asked to remain hunkered down for the next several hours.

Here’s a list of resources:

Always stock your emergency kit

For your emergency hurricane kit: most items can be found around your home, especially if you've been camping.

Some proactive measures you can take:

• Have enough non-perishable foods for each person in your household to last three days.
• Have bottled water stored away.
• Stock up on first aid supplies.
• Have a whistle on hand in case you need to signal for help.
• Have rain ponchos.
• Have garbage bags for trash.
• Have cash on hand.
• Be sure to grab important documents and store them in zip-close bags.

Phone numbers to have on hand

• Text GULF2024 to 888777
• Call 311 for debris pick up, transportation, infrastructure, and other services
• Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies only
• Call 1-800-452-9292 to learn about traffic and road conditions
• Text R-E-A-D-Y to 281-609-9093 to receive ReadyHarris Accessible Alerts
• Call 211 to register for State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry
• Call 979-864-1064 for Brazoria County’s 24 hour Emergency Management Call Center
• Call 713-880-HELP (4357) to reach SPCA if you see a stray animal

Alert systems for surrounding counties

• AlertHouston
• ReadyHarris
• Texas Advisory and Notification System (TXANS)
• Power Alert Service
• AlertMCTX – Montgomery County
• Galveston County alerts
• Chambers County’s Mass Notification and Warning System
• FBCAlert – Fort Bend County Emergency Alert Program
• Brazoria County residents can download the Brazoria County Emergency Management app to receive latest updates

Online resources

• National Weather Service’s forecast for Beryl
• Harris County Flood Warning System
• Although CenterPoint’s Power Outage Tracker remains down, here’s where you can find more electricity information.
• Houston TranStar’s traffic map

This is not an exhaustive list of resources for the Houston region. If you have any additional resources Houstonians should know, please send an email to [email protected] and [email protected].

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As tropical storm Beryl moves across greater Houston, here are some resources to help you

by Angelica Perez, Abdelraoufsinno
July 7, 2024

<h1>As tropical storm Beryl moves across greater Houston, here are some resources to help you</h1> <p class="byline">by Angelica Perez, Abdelraoufsinno <br />July 7, 2024</p> <p>Beryl, now a tropical storm, is making its way through greater Houston, and residents are asked to remain hunkered down for the next several hours.</p> <p>Here’s a list of resources:&nbsp;</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-always-stock-your-emergency-kit-nbsp">Always stock your emergency kit&nbsp;</h2> <p>For your emergency hurricane kit: most items can be found around your home, especially if you've been camping. </p> <p>Some <a href="https://www.houstontx.gov/solidwaste/hurricane_harvey.html">proactive measures</a> you can take:&nbsp;</p> <ul> <li>Have enough non-perishable foods for each person in your household to last three days.&nbsp;</li> <li>Have bottled water stored away.</li> <li>Stock up on first aid supplies.</li> <li>Have a whistle on hand in case you need to signal for help.</li> <li>Have rain ponchos.</li> <li>Have garbage bags for trash.</li> <li>Have cash on hand.&nbsp;</li> <li>Be sure to grab important documents and store them in zip-close bags.&nbsp;</li> </ul> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-phone-numbers-to-have-on-hand-nbsp">Phone numbers to have on hand&nbsp;</h2> <ul> <li>Text GULF2024 to 888777&nbsp;</li> <li>Call 311 for debris pick up, transportation, infrastructure, and other services</li> <li>Call 911 for life-threatening emergencies only</li> <li>Call 1-800-452-9292 to learn about traffic and road conditions</li> <li>Text R-E-A-D-Y to 281-609-9093 to receive ReadyHarris Accessible Alerts&nbsp;</li> <li>Call 211 to register for State of Texas Emergency Assistance Registry&nbsp;</li> <li>Call 979-864-1064 for Brazoria County’s 24 hour Emergency Management Call Center</li> <li>Call 713-880-HELP (4357) to reach SPCA if you see a stray animal</li> </ul> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-alert-systems-for-surrounding-counties">Alert systems for surrounding counties</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://houstonemergency.org/alerts/">AlertHouston</a></li> <li><a href="https://member.everbridge.net/index/892807736729064#/signup">ReadyHarris</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.ercot.com/txans">Texas Advisory and Notification System (TXANS)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.centerpointenergy.com/en-us/residential/services/electric-utility/outage-center/power-alert-service?sa=ho">Power Alert Service</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mc911.org/page/ecd.alertmctx">AlertMCTX</a> – Montgomery County&nbsp;</li> <li><a href="https://www.gcoem.org/library/stay-informed/notifications">Galveston County alerts</a>&nbsp;</li> <li>Chambers County’s <a href="https://chamberstx.app.regroup.com/contacts/sign_up">Mass Notification and Warning System</a></li> <li><a href="https://member.everbridge.net/453003085616997/new">FBCAlert</a> – Fort Bend County Emergency Alert Program</li> <li>Brazoria County residents can download the Brazoria County Emergency Management app to receive latest updates</li> </ul> <h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-online-resources">Online resources</h2> <ul> <li>National Weather Service’s <a href="https://www.weather.gov/hgx/">forecast for Beryl</a>&nbsp;</li> <li>Harris County <a href="https://www.harriscountyfws.org/">Flood Warning System</a></li> <li>Although CenterPoint’s <a href="https://gisoutagetracker.azurewebsites.net/?WT.ac=OC_Image_Callout&amp;_ga=2.15127600.765839779.1568763466-2142585516.1568763466">Power Outage Tracker</a> remains down, <a href="https://abdelraoufsinno.com/centerpoints-power-outage-map-remains-down-heres-where-to-find-more-electricity-info/">here’s where you can find more electricity information.</a></li> <li>Houston TranStar’s <a href="https://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/">traffic map</a></li> </ul> <p><em>This is not an exhaustive list of resources for the Houston region. If you have any additional resources Houstonians should know, please send an email to </em><a href="mailto:angelica@abdelraoufsinno.com"><em>angelica@abdelraoufsinno.com</em></a><em> and </em><a href="mailto:newsroom@abdelraoufsinno.com"><em>newsroom@abdelraoufsinno.com</em></a><em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</em></p> <p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://abdelraoufsinno.com/as-beryl-nears-here-are-resources-and-supplies-every-houstonian-needs-to-be-prepared/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://abdelraoufsinno.com">Abdelraoufsinno</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://abdelraoufsinno.com/apple-touch-icon-180x180.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://abdelraoufsinno.com/?republication-pixel=true&post=33230&amp;ga4=" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p> Copy to Clipboard

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