County of Burke issued the following announcement on Mar. 16.
As a part of your family's emergency plan, please consider signing up for local alerts through Burke Alert powered by Smart911. This is a free service that allows individuals to sign up for notifications sent from state and local authorities. Please visit https://www.burkenc.org/2492/Burke-Alert-Information to learn more and sign up for Burke Alert.
NC Emergency Management reminds you to Develop an Emergency Plan
Your family may not be together when disaster strikes. Make sure everyone knows how to:
Get to a safe place
Contact each other
Get back together
Respond and be flexible
Original source can be found here.
Source: County of Burke
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