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DISASTER
PREVENTION
ONLINE
VULNERABILITY INFO
PDF
RESOURCES
Throughout
this website, information has been provided regarding
actions that you can take based on specific hurricane
hazards. The most important thing that you can do
is to be informed and prepared. Disaster prevention
includes both being prepared as well as reducing
damages (mitigation).
Disaster Prevention should include:
One
of the most important decisions you will have to
make is "Should I Evacuate?"
If you are asked to evacuate, you should do so
without delay. But
unless you live in a coastal or low-lying area,
an area that floods frequently, or in manufactured
housing, it is unlikely that emergency managers
will ask you to evacuate. That means that it is
important for you and your family to HAVE A PLAN
that makes you as safe as possible in your home.
Disaster
prevention includes modifying your home to strengthen
it against storms so that you can be as safe as
possible. It also includes having the supplies on
hand to weather the storm. The suggestions provided
here are only guides. You should use common sense
in your disaster prevention.
- DEVELOP
A FAMILY PLAN - Your family's
plan should be based on your vulnerability to
the Hurricane Hazards. You should keep a written
plan and share your plan with other friends
or family.
- CREATE
A DISASTER SUPPLY KIT - There
are certain items you need to have regardless
of where you ride out a hurricane. The disaster
supply kit is a useful tool when you evacuate
as well as making you as safe as possible in
your home.
- SECURE
YOUR HOME - There are things
that you can do to make your home more secure
and able to withstand stronger storms.
- ONLINE
VULNERABILITY INFO - There are
web sites that can give you information about
your communities vulnerability to specific hazards.
These include hurricanes as well as other weather
related hazards.
