- Make your Family Disaster Plan. It's not
hard. Talk with your family. If you need help, go online to
www.tampabayprepares.org and
www.floridadisaster.org
and call your local emergency management agency 941-748-2241 or
local chapter of the American Red Cross 941-792-8686.
- Locate your evacuation zone
www.co.manatee.fl.us/emergency.html. Determine if and when
you would have to evacuate. REMEMBER: All mobile home residents
must evacuate, regardless of location.
- Decide NOW where you would go if ordered
to evacuate (a friend or relative, a hotel or motel, or as a
last resort, a public shelter or out of the region). REMEMBER,
if you are going to leave the area or go to a hotel, DO NOT
DELAY. Determine your route, leave early and travel the shortest
distance possible. Think tens of miles, not hundreds.
- Check your Disaster Supply Kit and
obtain any items you need.
- Make plans and purchase materials, such
as storm shutters, to protect your home before the storm.
- Keep your home in good repair. Tacking
down loose roofing, trimming trees and keeping gutters clean are
good places to start.
- Purchase a battery-powered weather alert
radio and a NON-ELECTRIC land-line phone. Even though phone
service may not be disturbed, cordless phones will not work
during power outages.
- Inventory your property and possessions
on paper and take a video survey of your property. Store with
insurance and other important papers in a safe place and send a
copy to a relative out of the area.
- Make sure your street address number is
clearly marked on your home.
- Whether you rent or own your home,
review your insurance policies with your agent now.
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