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Home Tips > Tips By Category > Tips you can implement daily Check your family for signs of injury, emotional as well as physical. Check yourself as well.
Leave the shelter carefully. Be alert for fallen electrical wires that may be hot.
Watch for weakened timbers that may be lodged precariously and about to fall.
Watch for exposed nails, broken glass, or other sharp objects.
If it is daylight, make a quick examination of the house and surroundings. If dark, use flashlights.
Assemble the family in a safe place and instruct them to stay there until further notice.
If anyone needs medical aid, get to the nearest neighbor's house and call rescue vehicles. If you live in an isolated area, begin to walk toward help.
Carry the weather radio with you and listen for instructions or pertinent information.
Try to reach the meter box on your house and pull the main power switch. There is always the possibility that the power may be turned on later and exposed wiring may cause a fire or dangerous electrical shock.
As you leave your property, check the family pets. If they survived the storm, be sure to leave them food and water.
If your house is badly damaged, there will be a danger of looting. Looters strike rapidly after a disaster. Protect your property as well and as quickly as you can.
Before you leave your house, gather any money, checks, credit cards, and other light materials that would be perfect targets for looters.
If medical attention is required, use a chain saw to cut away tree trunks from blocking a driveway. Be certain there are no electrical wires involved.
Contact the Red Cross or Salvation Army for information on shelters.
If you live a long distance from others and the weather is severe, use the plastic shelter and sand-filled can for heat until rescue vehicles can reach you.
If you are trapped inside a house and there is a danger of electric shock or falling timbers, wait until help arrives rather than risk injury.
If you leave the property, leave a note posted in a conspicuous place, stating how many of you were in the house, how you are traveling, your destination, and what route you are taking, so that rescuers can follow your trail in the event you encounter difficulties and need help.
As soon as possible, call friends and relatives who will be anxious to hear from you. Ask those persons to call others for you to save your time and effort.
Call the local sheriff's department or police department and inform them of your status, as well as the status of your house and property.
Secure your property as much as possible. If you cannot lock doors, perhaps some valuables belongings can be stored in a second vehicle and locked.
Leave an adult at the house site to guard it against thieves, if possible, while others seek shelter.
If possible, tie or chain your dogs.
If possible, take photos of the cars from several angles to show the damage. take photos of the house inside and out, and the outbuildings, lawns, trees, garden, pools and satellite dish or TV antenna, if any, from several angles in order to show the damage.
Call your insurance company. Inform the agent of the essential status of the house, property, or vehicles and try to set up a time during which you can meet with a company representative.
If the house is damaged but can be repaired, call a repair service as soon as possible.
Call employers and explain that you will not be able to come to work until further notice.
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