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Hurricane Preparedness
Hurricane preparation is
good practice for dealing with nearly any emergency you and your family
may face. Water, food, heat, light, information, property protection –
these are common factors in any emergency.
Hurricane Katrina remains the gold standard for learning from one’s
mistakes. If there is one thing engrained in your preparation plan, it’s
this: Have somewhere definite to go if you decide to evacuate. Go there
a couple of days in advance and beat the inevitable traffic jams on the
evacuation routes. Without a clear idea of where you’re going, you’re
not an evacuee. You’re a refugee.
Plan on having a lot more than 72 hours’ worth of food and water on
hand. As was seen after Katrina, it can take at least that long for
relief efforts to spin up and be deployed. Even FEMA and the American
Red Cross now recommend having at least a week’s worth stored but state
“the more, the better.”
Let’s suppose you decide to shelter in place in your home instead. You
have a few days’ lead time to get prepared, so you’ll want to prioritize
your preparation chores and delegate the work. This calm planning will
save duplicating efforts and reduce the number of forgotten or
overlooked details.
Start trimming any dead or broken limbs off the trees around your house
while your spouse makes a supply run. Ask him or her to bring home a
good supply of AA, C and D batteries, extra flashlights,
battery-operated lanterns, a camping stove if you don’t have one,
several extra canisters or cans of stove fuel and an assortment of
canned goods if your pantry is little bare. Don’t forget to get a
portable radio powered by AC, batteries and a crank—one that brings in
AM, FM, NOAA and at least a few local shortwave bands.
Lay in a supply of freeze-dried and dehydrated foods
http://www.areyouprepared.com/Food-Storage-10-Cans-s/185.htm to cut down
on space requirements. Whether you use these products or not, you’ll
also want to store extra potable water, at least one gallon per day per
person. Two gallons per day person is really a better idea, especially
if you have young children or if the weather is hot. Make more ice
cubes, place them in paper bags and store them in your freezer. Freeze
bottles of water at the same time.
Stock more than a few days’ worth of disposable diapers for babies and
have backups of prescription medications. Acquire more baby food and
special dietary items for people such as diabetics and kidney patients.
Let’s step back outside while your spouse is putting away all the extra
goods. Start moving things inside that could become airborne – trash
cans and garden gnomes, for example. Move heavier items to the side of
the house that faces away from the anticipated winds. Lash down anything
you can’t move.
Board up any windows you think require it. Stay tuned to emergency radio
frequencies for storm developments and have a cup of coffee. You’re
ready.
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