Preparedness Tips for Hurricane Matthew
Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Home and Library in Biloxi MS Mississippi Department of Archives and History staff archaeologists help excavate museum artifacts from the rubble of the old Veterans Hospital/Civil War Museum after Hurricane Katrina in 2006.
Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Home and Library in Biloxi MS Mississippi Department of Archives and History staff archaeologists help excavate museum artifacts from the rubble of the old Veterans Hospital/Civil War Museum after Hurricane Katrina in 2006.
Courtesy of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Be Prepared!
As Hurricane Matthew bears down on the Caribbean, it’s important that all individuals and cultural institutions along the entire Southeast coast – and potentially up the mid-Atlantic to the Northeast – prepare for tropical or hurricane storm–force winds. Check out these tips from FEMA and the Smithsonian.
Example of working to rescue materials damaged by water.
Image courtesy of the Alliance for Response Pittsburgh
Example of working to rescue materials damaged by water.
Image courtesy of the Alliance for Response Pittsburgh