{"id":209084,"date":"2012-08-28T13:37:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-28T18:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=209084"},"modified":"2012-08-29T02:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-08-29T07:18:39","slug":"tyler-prepares-for-possible-impact-from-tropical-storm-isaac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=209084","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Prepares for Possible Impact from Hurricane Isaac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=209086\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-209086\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2012\/08\/thumb_cityoftyler2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_cityoftyler\" width=\"99\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-209086\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The City of Tyler continues in a state of advanced preparedness should the City need to activate in any capacity due to Hurricane Isaac.   Emergency officials participated in a statewide conference call Monday afternoon, determining the role Tyler could play in the State\u2019s emergency response efforts as well as potential impacts the storm could have on the Tyler region.  \u201cThe City has initiated advanced preparedness efforts as per our Emergency Response Plan due to Tropical Storm Isaac,\u201d said Tyler Fire Chief Tim Johnson.  \u201cAt this point, it is unknown what impact the storm could have upon Tyler; therefore we are taking all necessary steps to be prepared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Should Tyler be an evacuation location, the role would be to serve self evacuees and medical special needs evacuees only.  Shelters will be stood up as needed.  KETK reports the first emergency shelter has already been set up at St. Louis Baptist Church. The Red Cross says the church can house up to 150 people. Local residents are encouraged to check on their emergency kits, which officials term a good routine practice.  You can go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/build-a-kit\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.ready.gov\/build-a-kit<\/a> for information on building an emergency kit. The kit should contain food, water and emergency items to last for 72 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Information on Tyler\u2019s emergency efforts will be posted on the City web page (www.cityoftyler.org), the City\u2019s social media pages (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/City-of-Tyler-Texas-Government\/328744635747\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/#!\/pages\/City-of-Tyler-Texas-Government\/328744635747<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/TylerEvents\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/TylerEvents<\/a>), and released to local media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The City of Tyler continues in a state of advanced preparedness should the City need to activate in any capacity due to Hurricane Isaac. Emergency officials participated in a statewide conference call Monday afternoon, determining the role Tyler could play in the State\u2019s emergency response efforts as well as potential impacts the storm &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=209084\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tyler Prepares for Possible Impact from Hurricane Isaac<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-03 13:09:23","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=209084"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209398,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209084\/revisions\/209398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=209084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=209084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=209084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}