The Hiawatha Fire Department reminds the public to be weather aware.<\/p>\n
Before the storm: Check the forecast, stay up to date on watches and warnings. Make sure you have a weather radio and practice your family safety plan.<\/p>\n
During the storm: Go to your safe spot. Your safe spot should be an interior room on the lowest floor with no windows. Continue to stay updated on watches and warnings.<\/p>\n
After the storm: If there is an injury or you have an emergency, dial 911. Contact family and loved ones to let them know you are OK. If you feel safe, assess any damage.<\/p>\n
For additional information visit\u00a0https:\/\/www.weather.gov\/…\/Thunderstorm-brochure17.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Hiawatha Fire Department reminds the public to be weather aware. Before the storm: Check the forecast, stay up to date on watches and warnings. Make sure you have a weather radio and practice your …Read the full article…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2235,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2236,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234\/revisions\/2236"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiawatha-iowa.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}