Hurricane tips for survival

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3) Water can become contaminated, even sitting in your bath tub or your hot water heater (you did know that's a reservoir, right?). Have a water filter that can remove such as this one: http://www.rei.com/product/695265/ms...x-water-filter. Know to use it and also how to use iodine tablets for further purification.

4) Have a Red Cross (or equivalent) 72 or 96 hour emergency kit at your home and in all vehicles.

5) One of the best manuals for family emergency preparedness is the LDS Manual. http://www.green-trust.org/freebooks/Preparedness.pdf

6) Consider getting your amateur radio license. In an emergency, it can be your only contact with the outside world. http://www.arrl.org/ is a great place to start gathering information.

7) I have a Honda EU2000i generator that can run sensitive electronics (the "i" is inverter) for emergencies. I test it often. Do you? It can also be slaved to another EU generator to double capacity. We and our in-laws have the same generators and also have the slave cables.

8) put your home safe, with your important documents like insurance policies and several hundred dollars in cash, on the second floor of the house in case of flooding. Make sure it is fire rated.

9) http://www.citizencorps.gov/ is a great place to see about resources and training for all types of emergencies.