Everyone should have a plan to prepare for an upcoming storm.
- Discuss the types of hazards or storms that your family and home may encounter. What supplies would you need? How would your family stay in contact with each other?
- Keep important documents in a secure place or create password-protected digital copies.
- Identify safe areas for your family in the event of a storm hazard. These areas may not be in your home but could be elsewhere in your community.
Familiarize yourself with evacuation routes, especially if you live close to the coast
- Determine escape routes from your home and other places to meet. Craft an evacuation plan should circumstances require you to leave town.
- Appoint an out-of-state friend as a single point of contact for all family members to check in with at designated times.
- Plan for your pets in the event of an evacuation. Some hotels do not allow pets, but many do in an emergency.
- Post emergency telephone numbers by / on your phones. Make sure your children know how and when to call 9-1-1.
- Create a disaster supply kit. Stock it with non-perishable emergency food, water, first-aid necessities, supplies, flashlights, a battery-powered radio, and extra batteries.
- Remember to fully charge any electronic devices you may need in the lead-up to the storm.
Source: Congressman Jim Hines
Summary
- Identify safe areas for your family in the event of a storm hazard.
- These areas may not be in your home but could be elsewhere in your community.
- Appoint an out-of-state friend as a single point of contact for all family members to check in with at designated times.
- Plan for your pets in the event of an evacuation.
- Remember to fully charge any electronic devices you may need in the lead-up to the storm.
