Preparedness

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HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS

Get ready for the busy hurricane season ahead!

General Information:

Online Brochures, Booklets, and Planning Guides

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Hurricanes

•	Avoiding Hurricane Damage: A Checklist for Homeowners -- 296 KB
•	Against the Wind: Protecting Your Home from Hurricane and Wind Damage -- 224 KB
•	After a Flood: The First Steps -- 190 KB

Tornados

•	National Performance Criteria for Tornado Shelters
•	Recommendations to Better Protect From Tornado Damage
•	Reduce Your Risk From Natural Disasters -- 2.11 MB
•	Safe Room & Community Shelter Resources -- 263 KB
•	Surviving the Storm for Tornadoes -- 1.31 MB
•	Taking Shelter from the Storm -- 4.48 MB
•	Tornado Backgrounder
•	Tornado Factsheet

Planning & Preparing
• ACT NOW Preparedness Updates
• Business and Industry Guide For Emergency Management -- 579 KB
• Business and Industry Guide For Emergency Management
• Capability Assessment for Readiness (CAR) Report
• Checklist for Emergency Preparedness
• Community and Family Preparedness Publications
• Community and Family Preparedness Publications, Multi-Lingual
• Disaster Preparedness
• Disaster Plan for Families
• Disaster Preparedness for People With Disabilities
• Disaster Preparedness Coloring Book A Child's Booklet -- 1.7 MB
• Emergency Management Guide For Business and Industry -- 579 KB
• Emergency Preparedness Checklist -- 138 KB
• Environmental & Historic Preservation Programs
• Family Disaster Plan -- 350 KB

This montage of Hurricane Georges shows Georges each day as it moved from the Atlantic Ocean on September 18 across Puerto Rico, Cuba, and eventually into Mississippi on September 28.