<div><span style="background-color:white;margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">As you may already be aware, the 2022 Hurricane Season started on June 1</span><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:white;margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)">^{<span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">st</span>}</span><span style="background-color:white;margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,31,30)"> . </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt;background-color:white;margin:0px;color:rgb(32,31,30)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="margin:0px;font-size:15px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
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<span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">The NJ Office of Emergency Management has updated guidelines for preparing for the 2021 Hurricane Season:<span> </span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)"><br></span></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white;margin:0px"><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://ready.nj.gov/plan-prepare/hurricanes.shtml" style="margin:0px" target="_blank">http://ready.nj.gov/plan-prepare/hurricanes.shtml</a></span><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">The NJOEM NJ Hurricane Survival Guide is also<span> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)"><span style="margin:0px;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="margin:0px;border:1pt none windowtext;font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(28,30,33)">attached
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