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Ask the manager if a no-pet policy can be lifted during the disaster. Most emergency shelters do not admit pets. Do not wait until the last minute to evacuate. Rescue officials may not allow you to take your pets if you need to be rescued. Keep a list of emergency phone numbers veterinarian, local animal control, animal shelters, Red Cross, etc. Possessions and Documents [ download the possessions and documents checklist ] Keep these records in a waterproof, portable container: Will, insurance policies, contracts, deeds, stocks and bonds Passports, social security cards, immunization records Bank account numbers Credit card account numbers and companies Inventory of valuable household goods, important telephone numbers Family records birth, marriage, death certificates Store your kit in a convenient place known to all family members.
Keep a smaller version of the supplies kit in the trunk of your car. Keep items in airtight plastic bags. Change your stored water supply every six months so it stays fresh. Consider stocking powdered drink mix and shelf-stable liquids, including single-serve milk and juice boxes.
Choose drinks sold in cardboard boxes or plastic bottles rather than breakable glass. There are also many foods that help you stay hydrated. When you first hear that a storm might strike during the coming week, start making and storing as much ice as the freezer can handle.
Also, start eating as much food as possible out of the fridge and freezer to avoid waste in case the power goes out. Fill clean, empty plastic bottles with water and freeze them to serve as an emergency supply of ice and water. Be sure to leave a couple of inches empty at the top, so the freezing water has room to expand.
The filled bottles even reduce electricity consumption in normal circumstances, because keeping ice frozen uses less energy than cooling empty air, and helps food stay cold during a power failure. Natural disasters such as hurricanes and tornadoes, flash floods, and earthquakes can threaten public water supplies. Sometimes the water flowing from taps must be boiled before drinking or bathing with it, because of storm-runoff contamination, but at least it keeps a toilet working.
Far worse is a disaster bad enough to cut off water supplies altogether. Bottled water bought for drinking is too expensive to flush down the toilet. Instead, fill the bathtub make certain the plug does not leak and store water in large pails or washtubs to shelter in place after a storm.
Add bleach to forestall microbial contamination, and use this water only for flushing, not drinking or bathing. For personal cleaning without water, use pre-moistened towelettes or baby wipes — not as good as a shower or bath, but definitely better than not washing at all. Also maintain a two-week supply of any additional hygiene items required by members of the household. Parents who usually rely on cloth diapers for their children might need disposable diapers during emergencies.
A lack of clean running water can leave you with no ability to wash and reuse regular dishware and utensils, so make sure to stock up on disposables.
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