{"id":34106,"date":"2023-08-01T07:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/?p=34106"},"modified":"2023-07-26T08:55:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T15:55:44","slug":"national-radio-day-august-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/national-radio-day-august-20\/","title":{"rendered":"National Radio Day (August 20)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Severe storms are more common in the spring and summer, and it is good to assemble emergency kits which might include a <strong>battery-operated radio<\/strong>. Other essentials include emergency phone numbers, water, and battery-operated flashlights.<\/p>\n<p>If power goes out, switch off lights, large electronics, and appliances to prevent overloading circuits and damaging appliances when power is restored. Leave one lamp or switch on as a signal for when your power returns.<\/p>\n<p>If you are driving and come upon a downed power line, stay in your vehicle, warn others to stay away, and contact emergency personnel or Elmhurst.<\/p>\n<p>When using a portable generator, follow all manufacturer\u2019s recommendations. Keep the generator dry and never plug it into a wall outlet or directly into the home\u2019s wiring. This could inadvertently energize utility lines and injure yourself or others working to restore power.<\/p>\n<p>Have your permanent standby generator professionally installed and include a transfer switch to prevent electricity from leaving your generator and going into power lines where it can kill line workers.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you with medical devices requiring electricity, we encourage you to arrange alternate sources of power in case of an outage. If you contact our office with a healthcare provider\u2019s note, we can flag your account for special notification in case of a planned outage or pending disconnection.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/August-2023-Eye-on-Elmhurst_Page_1_Image_0002.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Storm Safety Kit (PNG)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Severe storms are more common in the spring and summer, and it is good to assemble emergency kits which might include a battery-operated radio. Other essentials include emergency phone numbers, water, and battery-operated flashlights. If power goes out, switch off lights, large electronics, and appliances to prevent overloading circuits and damaging appliances when power is [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":34107,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[218,4],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34106"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34113,"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34106\/revisions\/34113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.elmhurstmutual.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}