Are You Prepared for a Storm?

With Hurricane Season officially beginning in just a few days (June 1st), we should all take a moment to make sure we are prepared for such a storm.

            Everyone on the Gulf Coast needs to have a plan for both a Tropical Storm and Hurricane. Your family and friends will probobaly not be in the same location when the storm arrives; so how do you find each other and how will you keep in touch? If you have to evacuate, where will you go and how will you get there? What will you do if your water, gas, electricity or telephone service is out of service? Here is a link to FEMA's comprehensive "Ready.gov" website. Also, here’s a quick list of must-haves from the National Hurricane Center website; for when the next tropical storm comes through town.

           

          Also, just a quick reminder on zip code evacuations.  The Harris County Homeland Security and Emergency Management website, contains a map of the evacuation zones by zip code.  The closer you are to the Gulf, the sooner you would need to evacuate in most cases.

          Let’s hope this Hurricane Season is very quiet and boring, but if another "Allison", “Ike” or "Katrina" decides to come our way, at least we’ll be ready!