Hi, this is Mark Tobert with Hernando County Emergency Management in this segment we’re going to talk about evacuation or staying at home.
If you decided to evacuate your home make sure you have a plan prior to your evacuation plan. If you look in your hurricane guide you’ll see the hurricane evacuation map that’s available. If you leave in any of sheet of areas that are on the map you should probably have an idea of where you're going to evacuate to, what shelter, or if you have a plan to go any family members home. Its important to understand which evacuations zone you're within and what that evacuations all means. Evacuations zones pay in B are for tropical storms up to category one storms and hurricane. If you live in those areas you should plant to evacuate away from the storm surge and make sure you have a shelter picked out or a place to go. And know which evacuation routes are going to take.
So if you live in a C, D or E zones those are category three or above hurricane evacuation zones. This means that the water level is expected to push in land that far. You should be able to evacuate those areas and know your evacuation route shelter or the place that you're going and have family communications plans ready to go.
And important part of your hurricane evacuation plan is having a communications plan. Letting someone outside of evacuation now a friend or a family member know where you're going to be and a phone number that they can contact you with. Also other family members should know where you're going to run if you were so that they know where to contact you and to find out information.
If you decide to evacuate make sure you're having your written disaster plan where you're going to go. Some of the country hurricane shelters are available and listed in your hurricane guide. If you happened to go to a family members house make sure that they're residence is outside of the hurricane evacuation zone. Hotels fill up very quickly so don’t depend on then to be available for you as in a shelter.
During this segment were going to talk about what you should do if you stay at home during a hurricane. If you're staying home during a hurricane make sure first of all that you're not in a storm surge area where water may enter your home. Also make sure you have a safer and from identified. With your disaster supply kit and information for your family disaster plan located inside that room, ones the storm is over make sure that you check on your neighbors and your immediate family members to make sure that they're okay. Also be aware of down power lines and other hazards that are outside due to the storm.
While you're at home the power may go out, so make sure you have a battery powered to know weather radio or commercially available radio to keep in touch with the local media on what events are going down. Some of the other things that you need to remember when you're staying at home is stay away from doors and windows while the storm is going on. And stand interior rooms, this is Mark Tobert with Hernando Country Emergency Management and I would like to thank you for watching to how to prepare for hurricane video.
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