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If you live in low-lying areas when heavy rains (or a hurricane) are coming, it is often the best policy to get away to a safe spot - in a shelter or friend's home on higher ground. If you have any doubts about the integrity of the building you live in, let discretion play the upper hand. Get out. · Have an escape plan already prepared before the trouble starts. Figure out where you will go, how you will get there, and what you will take with you. · Check alternate routes to safe havens. Trees, debris or flooding could block your way and you may have to change · Before you leave, eat a good meal. Shut off the water and electricity and gas at the meters or tanks. · Leave a few windows slightly ajar to relieve the pressure in the case of a hurricane. Make sure nothing that could be · Put computers and other electronic equipment on an upper floor, if possible. Cover the equipment with plastic sheeting, well secured, in case the roof goes. · Put all valuable papers and photos into plastic, sealable freezer bags and put them in the refrigerator or freezer. This · Lock the doors.
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