A triple threat of winter storms and bitter cold is cranking up as we speak to slam into the Philadelphia region and tri-state area of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Preparedness will be key ahead of what is turning into a weekend mess and Monday mayhem. Luckily, the forecast is allowing everyone time to be just that: prepared.
Here are the valuable links and facts you need to know, state-by-state, to be ready for power outages and dangerous travel conditions. (And before you go to your individual state, the Red Cross also has a "How to Protect Your Family, Pets, Home" checklist.)
PENNSYLVANIA
- All the power companies serving electric customers, along with links to outage maps for each utility supplier and how to report an outage can be found here.
- Road conditions and traffic jams in the Keystone State can be found here.
- Twitter account for the state Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), which posts updates consistently throughout storms, can be found here.
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- County-by-county preparedness and shelter information links:
Bucks County // Chester County // Delaware County // Montgomery County // Philadelphia
- The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency's ReadyPA winter preparedness guide can be found here.
NEW JERSEY
- All the utility companies serving electric and gas customers, along with links to outage maps for each utility supplier can be found here.
- For rental residents: this is a list by municipality, of who to contact if you lose heat.
- Road conditions and traffic jams in the Garden State can be found here.
- The state Office of Emergency Management's Winter Weather guide can be found here.
- Warming centers, by county (there are many of them) can be found here.
- Twitter account for the state Office of Emergency Management, which posts updates consistently throughout storms, can be found here.
DELAWARE
- The state Emergency Management Agency's Winter Weather guide can be found here.
- Register for the Delaware Emergency Notification System (DENS) alerts here.
- Power outage resources, with a links to the utility companies that serve the First State, can be found here.
- Warming centers in the event of a Code Purple can be found here.
TRAVEL-RELATED LINKS
- SEPTA Winter Weather
- PATCO Travel Alerts
- NJ Transit Service Alert
- Philadelphia International Airport Twitter account
