{"id":474,"date":"2015-05-01T08:15:18","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T13:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tslacconservation.wordpress.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2018-06-21T15:08:26","modified_gmt":"2018-06-21T20:08:26","slug":"may-day-may-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/2015\/05\/01\/may-day-may-day\/","title":{"rendered":"May Day!  May Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the preservation community observes MayDay on May 1 to promote disaster preparedness and recovery. Along with Preservation Week (April 26 \u2013 May 2) and Preservation Month throughout May, MayDay is a great time to ensure that your family heirlooms are protected against harm.<\/p>\n<p>Water is among the greatest threats to books, documents, and photographs. Water can cause permanent staining, fading, and warping. It also increases other risks, like mold and pest infestation. Here in Texas, hurricanes and thunderstorms make flooding a very real concern.<\/p>\n<p>How can you guard your keepsakes from flood damage? One simple step is to store items off the floor. The majority of floods leave just a few inches of water behind. Storing materials in elevated cabinets or shelves keeps them out of harm\u2019s way. If your storage furniture is flush to the ground, consider elevating it with bricks, cinder blocks, or other materials. Just a few inches of clearance can turn a potential disaster into a quick cleanup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tslac\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"https:\/\/tslacconservation.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/05\/flood.jpg\" alt=\"Preservation Week 2015\" width=\"383\" height=\"383\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more on this and other Preservation Week tips, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tslac\">TSLAC\u2019s Facebook page<\/a>. Happy MayDay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year, the preservation community observes MayDay on May 1 to promote disaster preparedness and recovery. Along with Preservation Week (April 26 \u2013 May 2) and Preservation Month throughout May, MayDay is a great time to ensure that your family &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/2015\/05\/01\/may-day-may-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[33,51,52,66,67],"class_list":["post-474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-2","tag-flood","tag-may-day","tag-mayday","tag-preservation","tag-preservation-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":654,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474\/revisions\/654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tsl.texas.gov\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}