Hurricane Preparedness – Weekly Shopping Lists
By Alyce Hanson, Administrative Services Director

Hurricane season starts June 1. Will you be prepared?

Think about this. What if…

• You lost electricity for several days, and your refrigerator wasn’t working, would you have enough canned or packaged food?
• The tap water is possibly contaminated and not drinkable; would you have enough water that is safe to drink?
• Would you have a flashlight? Would you have the right size batteries for that flashlight? Would those batteries be fresh?
• Would you have a waterproof container for your important papers?
• Would you have enough medicine?
• Would you have a first-aid kit?
• If ATMs weren’t working and businesses couldn’t run your credit card, would you have enough cash or money orders?

To help you prepare for hurricane season this year, we are publishing 12 Weekly Shopping Lists.

Purchase the items you need that are listed on each Weekly Shopping List, and by June 1st your “Hurricane Kit” will be ready.

Here are the shopping lists for weeks 3 and 4.

Here are other helpful hints.
Complete the following “To Do List” before June 1st:

• If you have special needs for evacuation register with Miami-Dade County at 305-468-5900.
• Determine your flood elevation and determine when it is appropriate for you to evacuate. The Miami-Dade County floodplain information number is 786.315.2847.
• Make a family plan, who does what, when, where.
• Locate your water meter and electrical shutoff.
• Check with your children’s schools concerning disaster arrangements.
• Trim trees and store loose objects.
• Install or test your smoke detector.
• Video tape your house contents and send to out-of-town relative.
• Photocopy important papers and store safely.
• Make plans for your pets if you must evacuate.
• Obtain cash or travelers checks.
• Prepare a “go-pack” in case you need to evacuate.
• Have a roll of quarters & dimes for emergency phone calls.
• Establish an out-of-state contact to call in case of emergency.
• In waterproof container keep:
  • Will, insurance policies, contracts, deeds, stocks, 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).

The Weekly Shopping Lists will be on cable access SIB Television, Channel 77; and the cumulative list will be on the City’s official Website: www.sibfl.net.

BE PREPARED!

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