The hurricane season has already started and I believe that there’s a high probability that the present tropical storm “Andres” becomes a hurricane, so please take all your PRECAUTIONS ASAP!
Here’s a list of thing to do BEFORE, DURING & AFTER a hurricane:
- Stay informed via official radio/television ads delivered by the National Weather Service.
- Try to find out where the closest shelters are located.
- Make a place to protect animals and their team work and as appliances.
- Arrange previous agreements with your neighbors and provide an alarm in case of transport evacuation.
- If you decide to stay home, keep on hand the following kit:
- AM / FM radio
- flashlight with spare batteries
- bottled water
- canned food
- can opener
- candles
- matches
- watches
- personal floating device
- Protect important documents with plastic bags
- Close doors and windows.
- Inside your house protect all the glass and windows with an adhesive tape placed as “X”.
- Secure all loose objects that could be launches by the wind.
- Remove television aerials, signs or other hanging items.
- Keep at hand warm and waterproof clothes.
- Seal with cement the reserve water tanks.
- Keep fertilizers and insecticides in water-proof areas to prevent the contamination.
- Make sure your relatives know where you will be.
Hopefully nothing wrong will happen. The following links can help us to understand more about hurricanes and the importance of prevention:
- http://www.statefarm.com/learning/disasters/learning_disaster_hurricane.asp
- http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml?epac
I’d definitely recommend collecting all your essentials and important things into a bag so that in case the hurricane is coming you’re able to quickly take the most important stuff and flee. This way you might lower the losses at least a little bit.
Thanks for these tips. Despite the fact that it has been done over and over again, we really need to stress how important it is to be prepared. You would figure that since we live in a hurricane prone area, people would take this seriously.
Totally agree! Today I’ve been making some sort of survey with patients & friends, and actually none were aware of what to do in case of hurricane emergency! amazing isn’t it? I’ll keep spreading the word! Prevention will make the difference!