Hi Nana,
I know the storm seems really rough right now but there are ways to make you feel safe. Just stay calm! I'm sorry it has taken my a while to respond I know you are worried. As long as you follow my directions and make safe decisions you should be fine! Now there are mild and serve hurricanes, mild hurricanes are classified as a 1,2 or 3. A serve hurricane (which you are dealing with right now) is classified as a 4 or 5. The serve hurricanes can have winds up to 155 mph with torrential down pours! There are defiantly going to be some tree's flying! Just be prepared, here are somethings you can do to make sure you and your house stays safe1
First make sure you and Aunt Sally stay together! That is very important because you guys are the only ones in the house and you need to know what is happening at all times! Locate the safest room or area in your house and stay there for the storm. But before you guys hide out you should determine escape routes from the various angles of you house and make sure all doors and windows have all 3 hinges and are locked or boarded up. That is also important because these high winds can rip off your door, then there would be flooding. So then you would be door-less and your house would be flooding, which is not good at all. Also a good thing to do is call you retailer and ask if a retrofit is available for you garage door. That is so your garage door stays on. Just make everything is secure and that YOU feel that you, Aunt Sally and the rest of the house are safe. Double check everything!
Hopefully nothing bad will happen to you or the house. But lets put our selves in the worst case scenario. If your house floods or the roofs falls in or some other unfortunate accident happens, what are you going to do to make sure you and Aunt Sally come out of the trauma safely. You should prepare a survival kit! If you end up homeless because you house was destroyed you'll NEED to take this with you! It should have at least 1 gallon of water for each person ever day your out there, food at least enough for 3-7 days (make sure that the food you pack in non-perishable like peanut butter or canned foods), cash so buying anything extra can be possible, blankets and pillows, toiletries and hygiene items like toothpaste and sun screen, flashlights are good if you are outside in the dark for long periods of time, radio to communicate with other and Aunt Sally, and a cell phone. All of this stuff will help you survive the storm. Click here if you want to know more about the survival kit!
I know all of that sounds really scary and very real but that is worse case scenario. If you do everything that i said before like lock you doors and what not you should be fine and you won't have to worry about your survival kit. I would still make a survival kit just in case something were to happen you are ready! I am just trying to prepare you for whatever does happen, okay? Don't be overwhelmed. You will be fine now that you know what to do.
Stay safe!
Love Maddie :)
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