Other Documents In an article in USA Today, Sandra Block reports advice from a financial planner to include a copy of your transcripts, professional license, employment contracts, and resume in your evacuation kit. If you are displaced for a long period of time or lose your employment, this will make getting back to work much smoother. She also recommends including a copy of your property tax bill and mortgage documents to prove home ownership and a copy of your credit report to document bank and other account payments. Also, place a copy of your most recent tax teturn in your kit.
Recommendations from the Red Cross Visit the American Red Cross web site to learn an effective evacuation plan for your family. You might not have time to gather all of the items they suggest, but you should add these recommended items to your prepared evacuation kit - copies of prescriptions for medication and eyeglasses, maps for your potential routes, cash, and an extra checkbook and credit card.
Online Account Information If you don't have an online email account, you should get one to use when you can't access your email from home or work. Recent FEMA applicants learned this lesson because FEMA notifications were sent by email, and evacuees needed this information in shelters and motels. Also, make a list of the URLS and your User ID and password information for online bank accounts and your online health records, as well as other sites you will need to access away from your usual computer.
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