10 Ways to prepare for an emergency

Let's create an emergency package now! If emergency kit is ready, check periodically.

Please check your car. Before your big storm that your car's tire has a good tread, that the windshield wiper works (and has enough liquid) and your car's fuel is anticipated Make sure that it is full. Your headlights should always be in the rain!

Please check your home. Remove outdoor drains, leaves, dirt, drain from the garbage. Whether the tree examined by Arbolist was weakened or dead

Consider purchasing floods or fire insurance. Most policies have a waiting period of 30 days.

Please do not endanger your life. Avoid waterways, flood control waterway, sea in the main storm, you can rapidly expand and become very dangerous. When thunder is in the area, there are no other safe places.

Please send an emergency alert to your cell phone. Please visit www.AlertMontereyCounty.org and join the system of Monterrey County and receive emergency notice.

If Highway 1 or 68 is off, download and print the CHOMP Disaster Roadmap and keep a copy of it in the car.

If you need to leave the house immediately, please know what to do and evacuate. Let's practice this plan with your family and talk to your child about the plan.

Please explore what kind of risk is in your area and how to prepare for the best. Please visit Monterrey Emergency Services Office to understand potential risks and plan accordingly.

Please prepare an emergency kit to verify that everything is ready. In the event of a flood, all the family members should have an emergency kit. This makes it easy to carry. This is a survival scenario. To that end, you can prepare a survival kit already created. Please read all relevant content in our detailed article on the best lifesaving kit on the market. Please do not try to cross the running water. If the current is strong, even 15 cm (6 inches) of water is disappointing. If there is no choice, please go through quiet water and check the situation in front of you with a stick. Flowing water usually removes rocks, trees, and other things from the ground. There may be big holes, you may enter directly into one and break your feet

It is also important to prepare for a long-term emergency situation. Natural disasters can destroy electricity, pollute drinking water and make it difficult for emergency personnel to contact you. It is best to prepare to enter it for a long time. Emergency food storage for canned and unbearable items and bottled water is essential for families living in areas where natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, forest fires and snowstorm emergencies may increase is there