• Welcome! Sarasota County, Why it's important to be prepared.

11 a.m.  - 5 p.m.  

• "Ask the Experts" with Sarasota Herald Tribune
  • Theme:  "It's never too late to mitigate"
• Threats: Wind and water: How they behave, how they destroy
• New Building Code: Successes and failures, updates after Hurricanes Charley and Katrina. Which building systems failed and which stood up? 
• Retrofitting: What makes sense, financially and structurally?
• Mitigation: Preventing property damage and the resulting social costs.   
• Insurance: Getting it, keeping it and paying less for it by mitigating.
• Remodeling: FEMA's 50% rule and other mysteries.
• Help from our friends:  FLASH, IBHS, Florida House and other organizations that can teach and nurture. - Betty Alpaugh
• For Business Owners:  Developing a business disaster survival plan can prevent financial ruin and social tragedy
• Raffle Drawing

Saturday, June 3 (schedule subject to change)


10:30 a.m.         

• Welcome! Sarasota County, Why it's important to be prepared.

10:40 a.m.

• Emergency Management and Homeland Security, the role of tactical search and rescue teams

10:50 a.m.

• Sarasota K-9 Search and Rescue Team - Paws on the job!
• Raffle Drawing

11 a.m. _______________________________        
 
11:20 a.m.

• American Red Cross - S.W. Florida Chapter  - Recovery and Relief

11:30 a.m.         

• Sarasota County Health Department- How flooding affects the water supply.

11:40 a.m.         

• United Way 2-1-1, Preparedness for Spanish speaking residents
• Raffle Drawing

12 - 2 p.m.    

• Auditions for Junior Meteorologist Challenge  - with host, SNN6 Meteorologist, David Karnes
• Raffle Drawing

2 p.m.

• SNN6 Meteorologist, David Karnes - Experience "Virtual Hurricane"

2:30 p.m.       

•  Announcement of Top 3 Finalists for Junior Meteorologist. Watch as finalists go head to head with the weather.
• Raffle Drawing

3 p.m.        

• Announcement of Junior Meteorologist Winner - Live! on SNN6 with Meteorologist, David Karnes

3:30 p.m.  ___________________  
 
3:45 p.m.      

•  Planning and Development Services - Floods affect the bottom line

4 p.m.         

• Do I really need flood insurance? 

4:15 p.m.         

• Role of federal assistance vs. self-sufficiency with FEMA

4:30 p.m. ___________________      

4:45 p.m.       

• Raffle Drawing