Hurricane Preparedness: 6 Tips for Families
Get Your Home and Family Ready for the Hurricane Season!
Hurricanes are powerful and unpredictable forces of nature that can leave trails of death and devastation in their wake. Taking the time to prepare before a violent storm hits your area can help ensure your family’s safety and your home’s protection.
Hurricane preparedness is essential for families because it helps them stay in control during a potentially chaotic situation. Kids Car Donations shares these tips to help you and your family weather the storm.
- Create an emergency plan.
You’ll want to sit down with your family and discuss an emergency plan if a hurricane is headed to your area. Besides reducing your stress, having a plan in place will minimize confusion during an emergency. Your plan should include identifying a safe location in your home, such as your basement, away from windows and doors.
You need to ensure that everyone in your household knows how to turn off gas, water, and electricity in case you need to shut them off during the storm. Prepare your home for high winds by securing outdoor furniture. Additionally, you’ll want to know the evacuation routes and the designated meeting place in your area if you and your family need to leave your home.
- Stock up on supplies.
Gather enough supplies that can last for at least 72 hours, including canned goods, dried fruits, water, first aid kits, flashlights, batteries, and medication. Have a battery-powered or hand-crank radio on hand to know what’s happening around you in case of power outages.
- Secure your home.
Once you hear that a hurricane is coming, install storm shutters or board up your windows and doors to protect your home from high winds and flying debris. You’ll also want to secure loose outdoor items and reinforce your roof and garage door.
- Have a plan for your pets.
You also need to have a plan for your pets in case of forced evacuation. Besides identifying pet-friendly shelters or hotels, you should also ensure your pets have identification tags.
- Protect your important documents.
You should make copies of important documents, including birth certificates, passports, and insurance policies. Store them in a waterproof or fireproof container. If you live in a flood-prone area, keep these documents in a secure location above ground.
- Don’t delay your evacuation.
Promptly heed the instructions of your local officials once they issue a mass evacuation order. Avoid waiting until the last minute to pack up your family and pets and head to a designated evacuation center.
Do You Have a Car You No Longer Need? Here’s How to Put It to Good Use
If you have cars parked on your property, spare them from destruction before a hurricane hits your area. You can keep the good ones that you and your family use inside your garage.
In case you have a vehicle that you no longer need and can no longer be accommodated in your garage, donate it to us at Kids Car Donations so we can quickly tow it away before the storm hits. We’ll turn that automobile into a life-saving tool for the benefit of the indigent children in your community who are facing serious health issues.
We’ll sell your donated vehicle through an auction and transfer the proceeds to reputable children’s nonprofit organizations that we are in partnership with us. These IRS-certified 501(c)(3) nonprofits use the funding we give them to provide their young beneficiaries with free comprehensive and quality medical assistance, including emotional support, relief of pain and trauma, and other essential services like educational resources and social services.
Aside from helping restore the health of ailing kids in your area, your charitable contribution will also provide you with valuable rewards. These include the privilege to claim the maximum tax deduction in the next tax season. You’ll also benefit from our free pickup and towing service anywhere in the country.
More than the material rewards you’ll get from us, you’ll also find priceless satisfaction in knowing that your act of charity will help in saving the lives of critically ill children and giving them a bright future to look forward to.
You can donate not just a car but almost any other type of vehicle — whether still in good condition or no longer.
For more information, feel free to check out our FAQs page. If you have any questions, you can call us anytime through our toll-free hotline at 866-634-8395 or message us here.
Give Those Kids a Chance to Get Well Today!
What could be better than giving the sick and needy children in your community a chance to receive the medical attention they desperately need? Your car donation can make that happen. Call Kids Car Donations at 866-634-8395 or fill out our secure online donation form now!