THE benefits of emergency alert SMS services become even more valuable during holiday periods as many of us take advantage of the upcoming long weekend and school holiday period to spend a few days away from home.
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Receiving a text message or email about a potential risk can help with decisions about whether to find a safe place, return home or call a neighbour to assist by moving a car under shelter or checking on your pets.
Lake Macquarie City Council is helping the community sign up for emergency alerts for severe thunderstorms, hail, bushfires, floods, tropical cyclones, heavy rainfall, damaging winds and other threats through the early warning network.
The network's aim is to enable people in Australia to prepare for and respond to natural disasters.
The council encourages everyone to be ready and be safe during extreme weather events.
Go to ewn.com.au to sign up for the free alert service.
Click on "Lake Macquarie" to register and receive alerts directly to your mobile phone, email or landline.
There is also an App Alert available, also free through the EWN website, which is just as reliable as SMS alerts, provided you have constant internet connection to your phone.
Go to lakemac.com.au/emergency-ready for more information about how you can protect your family and property and help create an emergency ready Lake Macquarie.
