Typhoon Preparedness

You only need a typhoon safety plan if you:

• Go boating frequently

• Live at the beach

• Reside in an area at-risk for hurricanes and hurricane-related damage

• Everywhere

You find out that your community’s typhoon response plan includes evacuation. What should you do?

• Create an evacuation plan with the other members of your household

• Talk about it once and don’t think about it again – you all know what to do.

• Evacuation plan? You don’t need one, you’ll just hit the road and go.

The PAG-ASA issues an alert for your area, but you don’t know if it is a typhoon Watch or typhoon Warning. You should:

• Forget about it. It will be ok.

• Panic: Get in the car and evacuate immediately.

• Find out right away.

True or False: Signal #4 typhoons are the only ones you really need to worry about.

• True

• False

What is storm surge?

• The rise in seawater level caused by a typhoon or other storm

• The traffic jam that occurs during a mandatory evacuation ahead of a typhoon.

• The sideways rain that accompanies the high winds of a typhoon.

True or False: Mobile homes provide adequate protection from typhoons.

• True

• False

What is the major threat from typhoons for people living inland?

• Strong winds

• Flooding

• Tsunami

typhoon safety and an emergency kit go hand-in-hand. What do you need in yours?

• Water: one gallon per person, per day

• Food: non-perishable, easy-to-prepare items

• Important documents like birth certificates, passports, Social Security cards and other personal documents

• Medications/Medicine

• All of the above

True or False: As long as you have a cellphone, you’ll be able to communicate with family.

• True

• False

The typhoon is over. You should:

• Let loved ones know that you’re safe.

• Continue listening to local news for instructions and the latest information.

• Return home once authorities say it’s safe.

• All of the above