HURRICANE SUPPLIES CHECKLIST

• Plenty of extra batteries
• Battery-operated televisions
• Battery-operated am/fm radios, short-wave radios and weather-band radios
• Battery-operated alarm clocks
• Battery-operated flashlights, extra flashlight bulbs
• Corded telephones
• Security system batteries
• Mobile phones with vehicle chargers
• Power inverters
• Surge protectors
• Video or digital still camera inventory of home and personalproperty

TO PREPARE

• Get cash
• Fill gas tanks
• Drinking water: 1 gallon per day, per person
• Water purification tablets
• Water containers
• Sterilize and fill bathtub and containers with water
• Store water in sealed, unbreakable containers, identify the storage date and replace every six months

TO HAVE ON HAND

• Supply of non-perishable packaged or canned food and beverages for 2 weeks
• Non-electric can opener
• Baby food, diapers, formula
• Special items for infants, elderly or disabled family members
• Pet food
• Plastic bags
• First aid kit and prescription medicines
• Change of clothing, rain gear and sturdy shoes
• Portable generator, gas can, and oil
• Extra pair of glasses
• Extra set of car keys
• Tape
• Plywood
• Concrete nails
• Maps, shovel, flares
• Tire repair kit and pump
• Toilet paper
• Matches
• Lantern, oil, candles
• Fire extinguisher
• Rope work gloves
• Mosquito repellent
• Chain saw
• Mop, buckets
• Visquine, tarp
• Trash bags
• Rake
• Cooler (ice chest)
• Blankets, sleeping bags
• Spray paint – ID home, etc
• Lists of family physicians, emergency telephone numbers and other important family information
• Tools – hammer, screwdriver, crowbar, axe, hand saw
• Car jumper cables
• Important telephone numbers