• Fuel your car.
• Fill bathtubs and sinks with water.
• Review your evacuation route.
• Get cash in case you must evacuate.
• Have a battery-powered NOAA weather radio available.
• Use your family’s evacuation and family emergency plans.
• Make sure all family members wear closed-toe shoes or sneakers.
• Make arrangements to board or evacuate pets. Take shot records, rabies certificates and tags and vet information.
• Have supplies and basic foods available.
For comprehensive checklists of basic foods, supplies and emergency home repair items to have on hand if you
live in a coastal area, visit the “Shopping List” section of the Weather Research Center’s Family Hurricane Survival Kit.
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