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If a Hurricane Is Coming

32 If a hurricane warning is issued for your area, damage to you and your home
can be reduced if your family does the following:
• Nail boards over your home’s windows.
• Pick up toys, bikes, and other objects outside the house. Put them where
they will not blow around and cause damage.
• Prevent flooding by placing sandbags around your house.
• Trim bushes and tree limbs hanging over the house.
• Inside the house, put strips of duct tape crisscross on windows to keep
broken glass from flying around.
• Fill bathtubs, pails, and bottles with water for drinking and washing.
The water supply may be cut off or polluted.

33 Unless there is an evacuation, stay inside your home. Do not leave even
if it seems like the storm is over. Remember, it could be the eye of the storm.
A hurricane is not over until the second half of the storm has passed.
34 Hurricanes are terrifying disasters, but learning about them can help you
be prepared. Knowing where to go and what to do if a hurricane strikes can
make a huge difference in keeping you and your family safe.

Vehicles leave New Orleans
ahead of Hurricane Katrina on
August 28, 2005. Road signs
(inset) often inform people
of evacuation routes.

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