ADVICES TO FAMILIES

In order to live in the best conditions possible a strong experience, or even difficult, in any case very uncomfortable, him import to take some individually previous arrangements.

I - OF THE THE BEGINNING OF THE HURRICANE SEASON SEASON

11 - to constitute and to stock in a safe place a reasonable food reserve according to the family's needs (young child presence, sanitary particularities, etc...). This reserve of supplieses and various products must be sufficient for one week. He/it agrees of not to wait for the last moment to constitute these stores (rush on stores since the starting point of the pre - alert phase). This reserve could be constituted of:

- Bread of crumb, toasts, cookies, rations of fight, jams, chocolate, juice of fruit, canned foods, milk in pack or in gunpowder, dry vegetables, etc...

- Consequent quantity of mineral water (risk of prolonged interruption of the drinking water distribution).

- Reserve of gas (cooking, lighting), of alcohol (lamps).

- To begin to reduce the reserves of products frozen (risk of prolonged absence of electricity).

Not to forget the possible products for babies

12 - to begin to foresee and to gather:

- containers to stock of water (buckets, jerrycans, cubitainers, etc...)

- dish-cloths, small, tooling

- candles and / or lamps

- a station transistors to battery

- batteries and batteries various (for lamps, radio, etc...)

- pharmacy

- adhesive ribbon of mover

- bleach (that will be used on prescription of the DDASSS)

Not to forget the products pharmaceutical so necessary individuals

II - STARTING POINT OF THE PHASE OF MEADOW - ALERT

The population is invited to get ready to the imminent passage of the depression. It is about then of:

21 - to complete the reserves of water (tubs, buckets, various containers)

To do the last store in products of first necessity.

22 - Put tape on the two faces windows and naco with mover's ribbon in diagonal and some median. It will increase their resistance and will prevent the projection of glass bursts in case of impact.

To fix solidly or to withdraw all outside object that could be transformed in projectile by wind.

23 - to place clothes spare in the insulated packings safe from the humidity.

24 - to make the full of the personal vehicle (he/it is not sure that will have available fuel after the passage of the cyclone) and to park him in a place non exposition (to avoid trees, the, under of roofings, the side of sea, etc...). put tape windows and decorate - breeze.

25 - for families lodged under roofs, to foresee a place of fold to the case or the roofing would take off.

26 - not to leave for a long time of his/her/its domicile. To remain to the monitoring of radio broadcasts and of television.

It's useless of to phone directly to services of the national weather report. It won't have for effect that to clutter lines and to disrupt their work.

III - STARTING POINT OF THE ALERT PHASE

During all the length of the disruption, the automotive circulation is prohibited and it is prohibited from coming out of the apartments. He/it will be right not to leave lodgings therefore.

31 - to isolate itself/themselves of the network electric (cutout)

32 - to let windows slightly ajar to permit the circulation of air and to prevent one underpressure in the apartment.

33 - to stand right side up of the lodging offering the best security (passageway, room - of - baths). Not to remain to proximity of openings glazed. They could explode.

34 - if an opening give up, it can be useful to open a window or a door to the contrary in the apartment. It permits a certain balancing of the pressure. One doesn't jail wind.

35 - to remain to monitoring of the broadcasts radio.

36 - not to let itself/themselves to deceive by a lull. All risk is not separated so much that the state of alert is not raised not.

 

IV - END OF THE ALERT

The decision to raise the state of alert belongs to the prefectorial authority.

After the passage of the cyclone, damages can be important on axes of communication and the infrastructures. He/it will be right to avoid the useless displacements therefore.

41 - to signal immediately all a pity bodily. To make an inventory of damages.

42 - attention to sons electric broken fallen either on the ground.

43 - in the absence of information to this topic, to abstain from consuming the water of the distribution network. Some case of emergency and lack of drinking water, two solutions are offered:

1°) - to Make boil water during 10mn then to beat it for the make oxygen.

2°) - to Add 3 drops of bleach reconstituted by liter of water previously filtered, to agitate and to let, to rest during at least 30mn.

 

Before the hurricane season, It'is counseled to ascertain the validity of the  insurance civil responsibility covering the occupied lodging.