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Evacuations in Southern California
By admin | February 9, 2010
The AP reports:
“LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE, Calif. — While residents of the mud-covered neighborhoods north of Los Angeles scramble to clean out their homes and yards, another storm bore down on Southern California, prompting authorities to issue evacuation warnings.
Weather forecasters predicted thunderstorms, snow in mountain passes and about an inch and a half of rain Tuesday for the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, where debris basins overflowed and damaged 43 homes over the weekend.
Officials issued evacuation orders for 541 homes on the hillsides of La Canada Flintridge and La Cresenta, telling residents to be out of their homes by 10 a.m. Tuesday.”
You can see the rest of the article here: FoxNews, California evacuations
What would you do if you needed to evacuate your home with only a few hours’ notice? This illustrates, once again, the need to have Go Bags for each member in your household. You can get a Go Bag Checklist, by clicking on the link.
As part of your family disaster plan, you should also have a complete home inventory, with pictures, serial numbers, and descriptions available for any insurance claims after the evacuation. **Hint: this should be stored safely…OFF SITE, along with copies of your financial and identification papers.
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