It's been almost 7 years since Hurricane Katrina struck
south Mississippi and there are now a lot of new resources available to protect
and aid you and your family should another hurricane strike.
For starters, become familiar with social media. I
know Facebook and twitter may seem like something that only your kids do, but
should you find yourself in a situation without electricity, a Smart phone
combined with social media can be a powerful tool.
Many local agencies like MEMA, MDOT, and of course WDAM all
have twitter accounts and/or Facebook pages. By simply following agencies
like these, you can get information on weather, road closures, or maybe even
ice distribution points, should we ever find ourselves in another Katrina
aftermath scenario.
You may also want to consider scanning important family
documents and storing them on a digital "cloud", such as Evernote or
Dropbox. Tools like these allow individuals to store information,
presumably in a secure way, on a digital server away from your home.
Should Mother Nature damage your home…God forbid… your important documents are
still stored in a safe digital location. They can also be accessed from a
mobile device.
Last but not least, you may want to consider having a
Hurricane evacuation budget? Moving a family out of the way of a storm for a
few days can be a very costly expense. You have to pay for gas, food and
often shelter. If multiple storms were to threaten the area in one
season, this could quickly become a major financial burden.
