FEMA preparedness site, includes info on floods, storms

After you click on the type of disaster (e.g. flood), you will see on the left a panel on what to do before, during, and after.

Storm Preparedness from the Red Cross

This page offers some tips about how to stay safe during storms...floods, power outages.

Red Cross emergency specific readiness advice

Many sources indicate that we may be in for an El Nino, very wet, storm season. This page at the National Red Cross website offers specific preparedness advice, including landslides, severe thunderstorms, etc. Be sure to see the pdf documents...they offer much more information than the "fast facts" on the left side of the page.

Flu updates from the Center for Disease Control

The CDC will update this site daily. Look to the right for more links to Flu Preparedness and Home Care. Below that, you will find Updates and News from local County health departments and other agencies.

Wildfire Preparedness Tips

Detailed tips from the Red Cross. Print this out. Discuss and plan with your family.

It's Fire Season - in .pdf file

Click on the title to get advice from CALFIRE on making our homes fire-safe.

3 day Preparedness Calendar - in .pdf file

This calendar lets you take 6 months to build a 3 day supply kit.

American Red Cross Get Prepared Page

Most of us know the 3 basic tenets of disaster preparedness. It is important to educate yourself about these. Be sure to click on the Red Cross link (title) to get important details.

1. Get prepared - Build a kit
The standard notion about disaster kits is that you need a 3 day supply of food and water for each member of your family in order to be self-sustaining. Mountain residents know that in the event of a major disaster, it might take even longer for help to arrive. Furthermore, current Pandemic Flu preparedness calls for a 2 week supply of food, water, and medicines. This can sound overwhelming. Consider 3 days your minimum level of preparedness, but work toward 14 days.

Look for links to Preparedness Calendars. These let you build your kit, little by little, over the course of 6 months.

2. Make a plan, talk about it with your family, practice it and more...

3. Be informed - know what hazards we might face, get training and more...