Ocean City officials host meeting to prepare for hurricane season

OCEAN CITY, Md. – Hurricane season is slowly approaching and Ocean City officials are hosting a meeting to help you get prepared in the event one happens here on Delmarva.

The meeting will discuss all hazardous events including hurricane season, terrorism, and flooding. This comes especially during the summertime as the resort town becomes heavily populated. They say its best to learn how to take care of yourself for at least 96 hours without power, utilities, water, and even food.

“It’s strictly trying to reinforce to the public that protective actions take place you have to have your own plan, when something happens it’s not the time to realize you should have done something and we want partnerships with the community to work with us in government to keep people safe and get through whatever the hazard may be,” says Joe Theobald, the Director of Ocean City Emergency Services.

Officials say to come out whether you’re an individual, family, or business to learn how to better handle the event of a hurricane. The meeting is set for Monday, August 22nd at the Ocean City Town Hall.