Family Plan
* Discuss the type of hazards that could affect your family. Know your home's vulnerability to storm surge, flooding and wind.
* Locate a safe room or the safest areas in your home for each hurricane hazard. In certain circumstances the safest areas may not be your home but within your community.
* Determine escape routes from your home and places to meet. These should be measured in tens of miles rather than hundreds of miles.
* Have an out-of-state friend as a family contact, so all your family members have a single point of contact.
* Make a plan now for what to do with your pets if you need to evacuate.
* Post emergency telephone numbers by your phones and make sure your children know how and when to call 911.
* Check your insurance coverage - flood damage is not usually covered by homeowners insurance.
* Stock non-perishable emergency supplies and a Disaster Supply Kit.
* Use a NOAA weather radio. Remember to replace its battery every 6 months, as you do with your smoke detectors.
* Take First Aid, CPR and disaster preparedness classes.
