Are You Prepared for Hurricane Season?
There is no natural disaster as deadly as a hurricane, and for those living in areas prone to these monster storms,
the potential nightmare often turns into reality.
If you live in an area hit by a hurricane in the past couple of years, then you know what it can be like.
Days, or even weeks, without power. Even if you have a gas generator, your supply of fuel runs out quickly.
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Planning for Hurricanes
Plan, prepare, and protect before a storm is on the way! Use our Hurricane Guide to help you get organized. It contains checklists of useful information to help you plan before a storm arrives.
Top 10 Things to Do Before a Storm |
- Make a family disaster plan. If you need help formulating a plan, contact your local emergency management office, local chapter of the American Red Cross, or search on line for plan templates.
- Refer to your local hurricane evacuation map. Know your evacuation zone and plan your routes.
- Decide where you would go if ordered to evacuate.
- Check your Disaster Supply Kit and obtain items that need to be replenished or replaced.
- Make plans and purchase materials, such as storm shutters and plywood, to protect your home before a storm.
- Keep your home in good repair. Repair or replace any loose roofing or siding. Keep trees trimmed and gutters clean.
- Purchase a battery-powered weather alert radio. Keep a non-electric land line phone on hand in case electrical power is out and phone lines are still operating. Remember, cordless phones do not work when the power is out.
- Inventory your property and possessions on paper and make a video survey of your property. Store with your insurance policy and other important papers. Also, send a copy of your inventory to a friend or relative.
- Make sure your street address number is clearly marked on your home, not just on your mailbox.
- Review your insurance policies with your agent.
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Hurricane Resources
National Hurricane Center
The NHC maintains a continuous watch on tropical cyclones from May 15 through November 30 in the eastern Pacific
and from June 1 through November 30 in the Atlantic , issuing forecasts, watches and warnings. During the "off-season",
the NHC trains U.S. emergency managers and representatives from many other countries affected by tropical cyclones.
How Hurricanes Work
From HowStuffWorks.com, the science of tropical cyclones.
Latest 2010 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast 
From the Tropical Meteorology Project, headed by Philip J. Klotzbach and Dr. William Gray, at Colorado State University.
Our Online Hurricane Guide  From North Star Energy Services
Plan, prepare, and protect before a storm is on the way.
Hurricane Guide: Updated for 2010
From TBO.com and WFLA in Tampa, FL. Inlcudes checklists, articles, tracking maps, news, current storm tracks, and science behind hurricanes.
My Hurricane Center
Frequently asked questions about typhoons, hurricanes, and other types of tropical storms. Maintained by the National Hurricane Center.
Tropical Storm FAQ
Tips, tools, and information so you can prepare your family and business for a hurricane. We have the most helpful
hurricane resources and advice from experts to help you. The hurricane season begins on June 1. Will you be ready?
From FEMA:
Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
This guide provides a step-by-step approach to disaster preparedness for all types of natural hazards, technological hazards,
and terrorism. To go directly to the section on hurricanes, click here.
Hurricane Preparedness from the National Hurricane Center
Includes topics on developing a family plan, creating a disaster supply kit, securing your home, and planning for your pets.
Hurricane Safety Zone
One-stop-shop for all hurricane needs; everything from tips on how to protect yourself and your family, to evacuating
a hurricane-threatened area.
HurricaneTrack.com
Hurricane news, information, reporting, and tracking maps.
The National Hurricane Survial Initiative
What you must know and what you must do to survive a hurricane.
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