Hurricane Preparedness - Getting Your Home Ready for Hurricane Season
Prepare your home, family, and pets for a hurricane or tropical storm. Hurricane preparedness tips and resources to help you cope with flooding and wind damage, and recover after the tropical system passes.
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Before the Hurricane
USA Today offers this hurricane guide. This information helps you prepare, but additional links give information about what to expect during and after the storm.
Disaster Assistance Process for Individuals
FEMA explains the steps people in designated federal disaster areas should take to apply for assistance.
Disaster Preprations for Your Cats
Advice to help you make sure your feline family members are ready for a hurricane or other disaster.
FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers a long list of downloadable pamphlets and newsletters regarding hurricane preparedness and safety. (You'll also find information about dealing with earthquakes, tornados, and other types of disasters.)
Hurricane Hunters
This Web site is maintained by the Hurricane Hunters of the Air Force Reserve--the people who actually make the flights into tropical storms. There's not much here about preparing your home, but it's a wonderful resource in other ways.
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Hurricane Tracking Chart
Use this tracking chart to plot the course of tropical systems in the Atlantic Ocean.
Hurricane Tracking Map
This printable hurricane tracking map will help you keep track of the storm's path.
Storm Watch
FEMA's Storm Watch helps you stay aware of storms that might be headed your way. You'll find a great deal of hurricane-related information here.
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