NC emergency leaders: Find alternate shelter options with family, friends
Crews at the North Carolina Emergency Operations Center are preparing to respond to Hurricane Isaias, which is expected to impact the state by Monday and bring rip currents to the coast this weekend.
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"We are working closely with our responder teams, our urban search and rescue teams, our swift water teams and our helicopter rescue teams," Sprayberry said. "They've got to have PPE as they execute their missions."
In addition to gathering PPE, Sprayberry said the state is prepared to use hotel rooms, schools and other alternate shelter options during COVID-19.
Wake County Communications Director Dara Demi said, although officials aren't ready to release the names of potential shelter locations, "we have a variety of settings ranging from schools to hotels available to meet the needs of each specific weather event while taking the appropriate safeguards to avoid the spread of COVID-19."
Many of the volunteers that usually run these shelters are senior citizens that are more at risk from COVID-19, so Sprayberry is asking younger people, like college students, to step forward and volunteer this year.
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