supplies. things you mentioned are exactly what you want to do. but you also want to make sure of things like your important papers, medication, things like that. so there is a little checklist. you don t have to buy everything. we talk about water. you don t have to go out and buy water. you can actually storm water. put in ziploc bags. freezer. fill up empty soda bottles. bathtub, fill it up with water in case you lose water pressure. use that water for sanitation. go to ready.gov, take those steps. look for things you already have. some of the simple things make sure you have a manual can opener. the power goes out without electricity you still want to get the canned goods. one other important step good for people to have family communication plan. preferably somebody who doesn t live in the hurricane area where people are going to hit surprisingly offensive times easier to make that one long distance phone call to somebody and let them tell the rest of the friends and family that y
supplies. things you mentioned are exactly what you want to do. but you also want to make sure of things like your important papers, medication, things like that. so there is a little checklist. you don t have to buy everything. we talk about water. you don t have to go out and buy water. you can actually storm water. put in ziploc bags. freezer. fill up empty soda bottles. bathtub, fill it up with water in case you lose water pressure. use that water for sanitation. go to ready.gov, take those steps. look for things you already have. some of the simple things make sure you have a manual can opener. the power goes out without electricity you still want to get the canned goods. one other important step good for people to have family communication plan. preferably somebody who doesn t live in the hurricane area where people are going to hit surprisingly offensive times easier to make that one long distance phone call to somebody and let them tell the rest of the friends and family that y
they are going to evacuate the area. we hope that those who are going will go soon rather than later. yes. because the longer you wait, the worse the ride is going to be to get away. so, we ask people to take three steps in preparation. we want them to plan ahead, both communications plans and planning where they are going to stay. we ask them to build a kit and not a physical kit, but something that they are going to take with them when they go that will include the important items that have to go in there. yeah, we have this list, steve, here, and you say to use local maps to plan the evacuation route, and monitor media reports and develop a family communication plan to get in touch with the loved ones should you get split up for whatever reason, and these are important things that people should have on the checklist. steve, we wish you the best and the entire american red cross team, because this is when we all need you the most. thank you very much. thank you. and people
their cell phones and people, you know, couldn t get ahold of loved ones because phone lines were jammed so people were going to text and they were using twitter so i think making sure you have the family communication plan so you know where everybody is. you know how to get ahold of people is really important. and the one thing that can really work is to find and out of town contact so aunt betty in demoine or wherever, that you all can call. your entire family can call and check in with that person because a lot of times it s easier to get a phone call out of town than it is to call each other in a disaster area. so that s a good thing to think about. if you can take away one thing from today, have a family communication plan and find that person your entire family can check in with. i m curious. we spoke earlier and you were saying the phones were really ringing there. what kind of calls are you getting when something like this happens? most of what we re getting is actually fro
people, you know, couldn t get ahold of loved ones, because the phone lines were jammed, to people were going to text, yew twitter, so making sure you have that family communication plan, you know how to get ahold of people is important, and one thing that can work is find an out of town contact, aunt betty in des moines or wherever, that you all can call, your entire family can call and check in with that person, because a lot of times it s easier to get a phone call out of town than it is to call each other in a disaster area. if you can take away one thing from today, it s have that family communication plan. yeah, let me ask you finally, i m curious, because you were saying the phones were really wringing there, what kind of calls are you getting? you know, most of what we are getting is from our chapters who are out across the east coast.