Entry bubble The Start of Hurricane Season

By: Joanne | June 09, 2009 | Category: Home and Family

hurricane cloudIt’s a warm, beautiful, blue-sky day and the last thing on your mind is preparing for a catastrophic hurricane. Please allow me to put on my “grim voice of reality” hat and remind you that June is the official start of hurricane season.

Even though I live well inland, hurricanes have brought serious flooding to communities where I’ve lived, and in the recent past we can all recall catastrophic damage to various coastal communities in the US. There are about 35 million people in the United States that are most threatened by Atlantic hurricanes. That’s a lot of you.

The National Hurricane Center is predicting a normal hurricane season, which means that there’s a good chance we’ll have 4-7 hurricanes and some of them will be major storms. It’s only a matter of time until we’re hit by our first storm, which will be named Ana.

What should you do? Prepare!

Put together your emergency supply kit, prepare your family emergency plan, and don’t forget to plan for your pets, because they’re family too.

Know how to receive important updates (like evacuations) from your state and local emergency preparedness offices, and pay attention to weather updates from the National Weather Service available on the radio, by e-mail, RSS feed, and on your mobile device.

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