4. What to Do Before A Storm Surge
Hits
Preparing:
Check your house and land for any potential
dangers related to flooding.
Learn how to turn off the gas and electricity in
your house.
If you live in an area that is subject to flooding,
do not store your important documents in the
basement.
Ensure that your family has an emergency kit
and plan.
Ensure your emergency kit is portable, in a back-
pack or suitcase with wheels.
5. If a storm surge is forecast:
Check supplies.
You may have to evacuate. Keep your
emergency kit close at hand.
Make sure the basement windows are
closed.
Fuel your car. If evacuation becomes
necessary, it will be hard to stop for gas
6. What to Do After A Storm
Surge
Continue listening to a weather
radio.
Help injured or trapped persons.
Give first aid where appropriate.
Help a neighbor who may require
special assistance--infants,
elderly people, and people with
disabilities.
7. What to Do After A Storm
Surge
Use the telephone only for
emergency calls.
Stay out of the building if waters
remain around it.
When re-entering buildings or
homes, use extreme caution.
8. What to Do After A Storm
Surge
Open the windows and doors to
help dry the building.
Shovel mud while it is still moist to
give walls and floors an
opportunity to dry.
Check food supplies.
10. Landslides
A landslide is the movement of
rock, debris or earth down a
slope.
They result from the failure of the
materials which make up the hill
slope and are driven by the force
of gravity.
11. Landslide Warning Signs
Springs, seeps, or saturated ground in
areas that have not typically been wet
before.
New cracks or unusual bulges in the
ground, street pavements or sidewalks.
Soil moving away from foundations.
Tilting or cracking of concrete floors and
foundations.
Broken water lines and other underground
utilities.
12. What to Do Before A
Landslide
Do not build near steep slopes, close
to mountain edges, near drainage
ways, or natural erosion valleys.
Get a ground assessment of your
property.
Contact local officials.
13. What to Do Before A
Landslide
Learn about the emergency-
response and evacuation plans
for your area.
Develop your own emergency
plan for your family or business.
