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Secure Vital Information for Disaster Recovery

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Is your family’s essential household information stored in a safe place?

If a disaster happened today, could you easily find your crucial household, financial, and medical documents to recover quickly?

Raise your hand if you have all your household, financial, and medical documents in one place to recover quickly after a disaster?

Learn how you can get financially prepared ahead of disaster with this K-State Research and Extension publication. Then, use this publication to create a listing of valuable records.

#FloodSafety — It’s Not Luck!

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Flooding is the most common natural disaster in the United States. Anywhere it rains, it can flood. Learn your risk level for floods by entering your address at https://msc.fema.gov/portal/search

Understand the difference between a flood watch and a flood warning. The National Weather Service often issues a flood watch before a flood warning. A watch means you should begin preparing for a possible evacuation because flooding is possible. A flood warning means flooding is occurring or about to occur, and you should take immediate action to protect yourself. It’s not luck! Plan how you will leave and where you will go if you are advised to evacuate.

Gather and Organize Important Records

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Do you have all the documents and digital copies you need to protect yourself after a disaster? Two actions you can take now are:

K-State Research and Extension’s Our Valuable Records publication is a great starting point for listing and organizing valuable records such as receipts, documentation, proofs of ownership, and pieces of identification that may be necessary to collect insurance, pension, or retirement benefits; to receive military compensation; and to solve tax or inheritance problems.

Collecting and organizing this information now can help #insurance claims in the event of a disaster. Store your information in a waterproof, fireproof container. Take this action now and protect yourself later.

 

June is Pet Preparedness Month!

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K-State Veterinarian Susan Nelson shares tips for planning to keep pets safe in disasters. Read the news release. FEMA also has resources at ready.gov/pets

A significant number of families have pets and they’re part of the family. They need to be ready for a disaster too. Find more information at ready.gov/pets