Saving Lives & Minimizing Damage -- Is your community prepared?

WEATHER-RELATED SITES

• Hurricane Hollow
  Hurricane awareness and preparedness information website and broadcasts; host of the “Barometer Bob Show” and “Eye on the Storm.”
• Internet Partnership Radio
  Streaming News-Talk-Music-Weather
• National Hurricane Center
  Official hurricane tracking website of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Provides real-time hurricane tracking information.
• National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center
  The Weather Service’s one-stop shop for predictions, data and research about hurricanes.
• The Tropical Meteorology Project
  Hurricane forecaster William Gray’s Web site.
• Tropical Storm Risk
  London-based forecasting group at University College.

WIND AND WATER DAMAGE

• Flood Smart
  Get complete information on flood insurance, including a risk assessment based on your street address and a map of flood-prone areas in your neighborhood.
• FloridaDisaster.org
  The Florida Division of Emergency Management provides tips for your disaster family plan, how to strengthen your home and disability disaster information.

HOME AND BUSINESS SAFETY

• FEMA’s Safe Rooms and Community Shelters
  Case studies, funding sources, resources and plans for building a tornado-resistant safe room.
• Federal Alliance for Safe Homes
  Do-it-yourselfers will find FLASH’s online animations for various retrofits indispensible. The site also contains a handy calculator to estimate the total cost of various alternatives for window protection.
• Institute for Home and Business Safety
  The Institute’s online Homeowner’s Guide to Hurricane Retrofit provides detailed and concise information on shoring up the structural elements most prone to failure during a hurricane.
• Hurricane Business Safety
  Advice on protecting your business and employees before, during and after a storm. A service of the University of South Florida.
• Safety Information from Travelers
  Download this Hurricane Readiness Checklist and Property Inventory Form.

FINANCIAL PLANNING

Information on insurance, loans, credit and other finance-related matters.

• MoneyWiseFlorida.com
• Financial Crisis

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

• FEMA
  The official website of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
• NEMA
  The official website of the National Emergency Management Association

STATE GOVERNMENT RESOURCES

• Alabama
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Delaware
• Texas
• New York
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia
• Maine
• New Jersey