Orlando Medical News urges everyone to please be safe and secure, to have needed items on hand and to stay on top of all warnings and advisories:
Important links:
Orange County Emergency Management
Seminole County Emergency Management
Volusia County Emergency Management
Lake County Emergency Management
Sumter County Emergency Management
Apps for hurricane updates:
Florida Storms - Florida Public Radio Emergency Network
GooglePlay iTunesFlorida 511 - Get up-to-the-minute, real-time traffic conditions and incident information for the State of Florida with Florida 511.
FEMA - mobile app
Red Cross - mobile apps
Gas Buddy - Gas stations availability
A few important telephone numbers to have at hand:
Always available 911
Florida emergency information line: 800.342.3557
Orange County non-emergency: 407.836.4357
Seminole County non-emergency: 407.665.6600
Oviedo non-emergency: 407.971.5700
Winter Springs non-emergency: 407.327.1000
Duke Energy: 800.228.8485
FEDERAL AND STATE AGENCIES
Federal Emergency Management Agency, disaster assistance: 800-621-3362, fema.gov
FEMA (TTY for hearing-impaired): 800-462-7585
Florida Division of Emergency Management: 850-413-9969. In a declared disaster, call Florida Emergency Information at 800-342-3557; floridadisaster.com
Florida Department of Elder Affairs: 850-414-2000; Elder Help Line 800-963-5337 elderaffairs.org
Florida Division of Insurance Fraud: 850-413-3115
Florida Department of Financial Services: 877-693-5236, myfloridacfo.com
National Flood Insurance Program questions, FEMA: 877-336-2627
NOAA, National Hurricane Center: nhc.noaa.gov; contact at NHC.Public.Affairs@noaa.gov.
National Weather Service Jacksonville: (904) 741-4370, weather.gov/jax
Small Business Administration: 800-827-5722.
TRAFFIC INFO
For real-time traffic information go to fl511.com or download the Florida 511 smartphone app
Price Gouging
1-866-966-7226