Hurricane: What to do before a Hurricane hits and Important Numbers
Make A Storm Plan, What To Do
Top 4 things you need to check
1. Do you live in an evaction zone.
2. Do you know where the nearest shelter is?
3. Will you have to work during a storm?
4 Make arrangements for people with special needs now?
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When a storm threatens
Inside the home:
Refill special medications
Monitor news
Stock heavy duty garbage bags for
post-storm clenaup
Set the refrigerator at its coldest setting in anticipation of power failure
Charge rechargeable cellular phones, flashlights, battteries, power screwdrivers, and drills
Check fashlight and radio
batteries have extras
If you plan to leave
start packing now
Get your key documents- passports, wills, contracts, insurance papers,car titles, deeds, leases, and tax information in to a dry place
Outside the home:
Get cash
Limit traveling to necessary trips
Don't fill gasoline cans they are a fire hazard
Prepare your pool DO NOT DRAIN IT
Fill vechicle fuel tank
Fill the bathtub for a soruce of water
When a warning is issued & the storm is approaching
Inside the home:
Move furniture away from windows or
cover with plastic
Move as many valuables as possible off the floor to limit flooding damgage
Secure anything inside your home that can
be thrown around
Have a battery operqated radio or
television available
Outside the home:
Get shutters, storm panels, or plywood in place on windows if you havent done so already
Remove swings and tarps from swings sets and tie down anything that you can't biring inside
Don't tape windows it can create
daggers of glass
Move grills, patio furniture,and potted plants into your house or garage
Checking shutter companies
Better Business Bureau of Palm Beach, Martin & St. Lucie Counties:(561) 842-1918 in Palm Beach - (772) 335- 2017 in Martin and St. Lucie or call: (800) 834-1267 www. bbbsoutheastflorida.org
Outher Counties: Call Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
(800) HELP-FLA (800- 435-7352) www.800helpfla.com
Palm Beach County
Consumer Affairs Divsion:
(561) 712-6600
International Hurricane Protection Association:
(305) 254- 9626 www.inthpa.com
American Shutter Systems Association:
(800) 432-2204 www.amshutter.org
