Did You Know...
This amount of water is needed - PER PERSON, PER DAY - when preparing for a disaster.
What is ONE GALLON
This one-on-one process that assists disaster survivors to become self-sustainable
What is Disaster Case Management
Name the four basic essentials, required by all disaster survivors, immediately following a disaster event.
What are Food, Water, Shelter and Safety
This phenomenon is responsible for the increasing frequency and intensity of some types of extreme weather in the US
What is Climate Change
Name the three major disaster threats for the USVI
What are Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, and Droughts
An Emergency Preparedness Kit should sustain a person for a minimum of this number of days.
What is 3
This Presidential sign-off allows additional resources to be utilized at the time of disaster
What is a Federal Declaration
For a tropical storm to be upgraded to hurricane status, it must have maximum sustained winds of at least this many miles per hour.
What is 74 mph
If you type this phrase in a Google Search, you will be led to a website that will help a Catholic Charities agency plan for, and respond to, a disaster right down to the neighborhood level.
What is "CCUSA Disaster Map"
The length of time that food will last in a full freezer after the power goes out
What is 48 Hours
This type of Federal Assistance provides resources, such as housing, funeral costs, home repairs, etc. to disaster affected households
What is "Individual Assistance"
True or False: Individuals affected by a disaster, and who are undocumented, do not qualify for any kind of federal assistance.
What is False
90% of all US natural disasters, declared by the President, involve this type of disaster.
What is Flooding
These two types of disasters are almost NEVER covered in a standard Home Owners insurance policy.
What are Flooding and Earthquakes
This percentage of Americans do not have prepared copies of crucial documents
What is over 60%
This type of plan ensures that a Catholic Charities agency continues to operate as a business during a disaster.
What is a Continuity of Operations Plan
A Catholic Charities agency should have frequent communication with this entity around preparedness.
What is State (Island) Emergency Management.
This timeframe is considered "Hurricane Season"
What is June 1 to December 1
These 4 elements are necessary steps in Disaster Preparedness
What are: Mitigation, Preparedness, Response and Recovery
This person is known by many to be THE MOST AMAZING Catholic Charities Executive Director.
Who is Andrea Shillingford
This entity holds National Collections for disasters that allows Catholic Charities USA to fund disaster programming
What is the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
This organization's shelter does not allow pets (but you can stay with your pet in the parking lot if you wish)
What are American Red Cross shelters
This percentage of the population do not have emergency supplies for use in a disaster
What is 48%
Catholic Charities USA provides disaster assistance to (a minimum of) this many disasters each year
What is 70