Huricane Survival Guide - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

Well, with a lot of work and research, I believe I've come up with the best one page print-it-yourself Hurricane Survival Guide you can find. The information is specifically geared to Charleston, South Carolina and the East of the Cooper area. It includes a few links, radio frequencies and a nice checklist for emergency supplies. The guide does not show evacuation routes, it assumes you have a map and it does not include seven day's worth of nonperishable food, which you should keep on hand during hurricane season.

In case an evacuation is needed, I would advise reading the guide now and talking with your family, partner or roommates about your plans. Print one for each member of your group if you have to use it.

Ben Sawyer Bridge to Sullivans Island
Image from NOAA website.

You can print the jpeg images below but you'll get better results printing it from the PDF file, which you can download at the link here. Print it on heavy stock matte paper so it will hold up, this will also to make it easier to write notes and contact information on. There are a few things some people would probably rather not see in the guide, the main one being that, Mt. Pleasant (zip code 29464) is estimated to be the number one area in the United States for total property damage should a category five hurricane make landfall here.

Preparation for the tropical season should start now. Items on the checklist list should be gathered before a storm is imminent. Maybe we'll make it a few years without an evacuation, that would suit me fine. Most of these items won't go bad, except for a packaged seven day food supply, which should be rotated into your pantry once the storm season is over November 1st. If you purchase a few items a week, by June 1st you should be ready - to leave anyway. Prepping your dwelling for a storm and minimizing damage is a whole different ballgame which I may address later.

I would advise renters insurance if you rent. It's a small price to pay for some coverage of your contents!

If your business would like to order printed copies of the guide to distribute to the public, personalized with your name and contact information, please contact me. It's something useful which people will keep around, not like a regular advertising flier and if it saves people some grief or prevents injuries that would feel good to me and probably to you. There's more than enough misery surrounding natural disasters.

Outside of  8.5 x 11" East of the Cooper - Hurricane Survival Guide

Inside of  8.5 x 11" East of the Cooper - Hurricane Survival Guide