FEMA Offers Free Disaster Preparation Presentations To Schools
Updated: 12/10/2012 07:51 PM By: NY1 News They're in town to
help with the recovery effort, but some FEMA employees are also
taking time to teach kids how to prepare for future disasters.
NY1's Lindsey Christ filed the following report. The kids at
P.S. 131 have had hurricanes on their minds even though Borough
Park didn't get the worst of the storm. Hurricane Sandy still
disrupted their lives and left them with lots of questions. "I'm
actually afraid of hurricanes," one student said. "I think about
it a lot because people lose their houses and it's really sad,"
another student said. Haydee Rentis, the principal and guidance
counselor, decided to bring in FEMA, hoping some kids would be
able to ease their minds by learning how to prepare. "Knowing
that they were seriously affected by Hurricane Sandy, I needed
to equip them and help them understand what to do during a
hurricane and help them handle some of the stuff," Rentis said.
FEMA is offering