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Preparing for Severe Weather   

Severe weather can strike in moment's notice. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services - water, gas, electricity or telephones - were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. Therefore, the best way to make your family and your home safer is to be prepared before severe weather strikes. It is vital to have an emergency plan in place in order to be safe. 

Read the following tips below to prepare your family and home in the case of severe weather:

Tornado Safety 

Thunderstorm Safety

Flood Safety

Winter Storm Safety

Disaster Supplies Kit

 

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