How can a family plan for a storm?

Mike S: How can a family plan for a storm?
What emergency tips do you have for a family? How can we protect our family pictures and important documents?

Answers and Views:

Answer by Grainov Truth
You got to ask yourself “What is important?” What is irreplaceable? Nearly Everything is replaceable. Documents are replaceable(with some work) Pictures are a luxury. The photo of a marriage, a child a birth only matter to you and no one else. If you lose your sight, then these pictures are useless to you. They are memory joggers of the past…or they may be proof that you once had a certain object in your possession.
Again non of it matters if you yourselves are not alive. So what do you need to stay alive medication wise?

I have photos. Nobody is in it, so they are pictures of places. Can get that out of a book. When my memory fades of my parents, anybody who knew them will have died. Pictures only matter to me. Documents and licenses are held as copies in their respective places of operation. Gov’t, bank,drivers licensing

Answer by UCANTCME
Things You’ll Need:
Safe-deposit Boxes
Batteries
Portable Radios
Bow Rakes
Brooms
Garden Stakes
Hay Or Straw
Plastic Sheeting
Shovels
First Aid Kits
Gasoline
Lumber
Storm Insurance
Burlap
Sandbags
Flashlights

Clear your storm drains. Unclog gutters using a rake, broom or shovel so water cannot accumulate and flood.

Prevent mudflows and landslides, if you live on a soil slope, by punching straw into the soil with a shovel or tying burlap down with stakes.

Store water and food and prepare an emergency kit that includes cash, a first aid kit, portable radio, flashlight and extra batteries.

Keep waterproofing and emergency building materials readily available, such as sandbags, plastic sheeting and lumber.

Be ready to gather personal belongings and leave immediately. Keep car fueled and store important documents and valuables in a safety deposit box.

Map a route for traveling safely from your home, school or work to higher ground.

Consider purchasing storm insurance if you are not already covered.