10 Ways to Prepare Your Home For Natural Disasters: lawrencelaws.com/property-damage/10-ways-to-prepare-your-home-for-natural-disasters/ (March 2025)

Two best overall sources:

• redcross.org
• ready.gov

Best Power Outage Tools (2/21) — from Wirecutter ( NYTimes)

Wildfire Preparedness, also from Wirecutter.

Emergency Radios, from CNN, on Sept. 9, 2023

Emergency Food, Lights And Generators To Have For Winter Power Outages, from HuffPost, 1/2022

From the CDC. Guidance on Sheltering in Place

COVID-19 Information:

• Go to CDC.gov for the best and latest information
• How to be Safe and Resilient
• From Dr. Hyman

Pet Care in a Disaster – Be Prepared: Pet Safety in Emergencies

Metro Washington Area Info:

• From Potomac Electric Power Co, Suggestions for Storm Preparations

From FEMA, this guidance on personal emergency financial first aid.

Personal preparedness information, see The Prepared website. Be advised it is not clear who owns this commercial site.

From FEMA’s Ready.go, new information for seniors on Disaster Preparedness. ( Oct. 2023)

Input from two Boy Scouts: 

(1) Blake Stevens and his mom, for their work on preparedness. Blake provided this citation: Disaster Preparedness on a Budget.

(2)  From Liam Williams:
Creating a defensive space
Fire escape plan

Prepacked Emergency Kits:  Red Cross, and many commercial versions.

Hurricanes:

• How to Make Your Home More Resilient for Hurricane Season.
• Evacuating for a Hurricane: How to Prepare Yourself

Be Prepared: Pet Safety in Emergencies. Advice from the CDC, which notes “Leaving pets out of evacuation plans can put pets, pet owners, and first responders in danger.”

Essential items to have in a backpack for a hike. This item appeared regarding the  woman lost for 17 days in Hawaii after getting lost on a day hike.

From NY City, Business Preparedness Guide.

From Los Angeles Times, How to Prepare for an Earthquake

Wildfires:

• From The Wirecutter: The Top 10 Tools to Help You Prepare for the Next Wildfire; 10/19

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