![]() ![]() While many Ocean City properties will experience insurance premium relief, it’s important to remember that Ocean City is a barrier island, subject to severe storms and flooding. Your supplies kit should contain items to help you manage during these outages. Additionally, basic services such as electricity, gas, water, sewage treatment and telephones may be cut off for days or even a week, or longer. You could get help in hours or it might take days. Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster but they cannot reach everyone immediately. ![]() This means having your own food, water and other supplies in sufficient quantity to last for at least 72 hours. You may need to survive on your own after an emergency. You will probably not have time to search for the supplies you need or shop for them. You may have to evacuate at a moment’s notice and take essentials with you. ![]() Try to assemble your kit well in advance of an emergency. Build a Kit: A disaster supplies kit is simply a collection of basic items your household may need in the event of an emergency.KNOW YOUR ZONE & DIVISION and have a plan for where you will go should something happen this hurricane season. Remember, Emergency Managers are counting on you to be prepared and do the right thing to keep yourself and your family out of dangerous situations. It is incredibly important that you KNOW YOUR ZONE & DIVISION and, if you are asked to go, move quickly but safely outside of the evacuation area. A significant number of hurricane injuries can occur from the approaching system and the strong winds and flooding that will result from the storm surge. Hurricanes are classified using the Saffir/Simpson scale, which categorizes hurricanes based upon their intensity, and relates this intensity to damage potential. Evacuation phases are built into these classifications. These decision points will be used as an overall philosophy in hurricane planning, response, and recovery and facilitates the actions necessary to give an evacuation order. The Town of Ocean City uses the concept of phased decision points based primarily on the National Weather Service (NWS) storm classifications (advisory, watch, warning, etc.). Although slightly different than Ocean City’s flood inundation zones, residents of and visitors to Maryland are encouraged to visit where they can type in an address and quickly find out what zone, if any, their property is located in. The State’s evacuation plan aims to bring awareness of the evacuation zones to the forefront of Marylanders’ summer plans and make evacuation notices easier to disseminate. The evacuation zones were a result of the Maryland Hurricane Evacuation Study which identified 3 large areas in Maryland subject to tidal flooding. When it comes to hurricanes, the Town of Ocean City follow’s the state’s hurricane evacuation plan. An evacuation order is a protective action whereby citizens are moved from a place of danger to a place of relative safety when a disaster is a threat to life, and/or the property of our residents and visitors in Ocean City. Should a hurricane (or natural disaster) threaten the Ocean City area, an evacuation order may be issued. Flood risk isn’t just based on history it’s also based on a number of factors: rainfall, river-flow and tidal-surge data, topography, flood-control measures, and changes due to building and development. It’s important to remember that just because you haven’t experienced a flood in the past, doesn’t mean you won’t in the future. In other words, our “ Low Lying Area” (or areas with a 4 foot flood inundation) can be found in Zone A.īecause the term “ Low Lying Area” can be vague, the new zones help residents and property owners have a clear understanding of their flood vulnerability. The zone colors, which are broken down by divisions, are determined by the Town of Ocean City’s Comprehensive Emergency Operations Plan, which divides the Town into four “divisions.” The zone letters (A & B), however, are determined by the possible flood inundation levels where you live. ![]() In times of an emergency, specifically a hurricane or natural disaster, the Town of Ocean City wants residents, property owners and visitors to KNOW YOUR ZONE & DIVISION where you live and visit! Your zone and division are determined by two variables: Property location and vulnerability to flood inundation and evacuation.
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