With potential bad weather on the way we hope you are making precautionary preparations for power outages and other issues.  To help out we have collected a variety of web site links that will provide you with a Family Emergency Plan, Emergency Kit Checklist, Evacuation Checklist, Weather Updates, and a Free Hurricane App from the American Red Cross.  The app will let you monitor conditions in your area, inform you of Red Cross shelters nearby, allow a one touch “I’m Safe” messaging system, and includes a toolkit for you phone with flashlight, strobe light, and audible alarm.
 
Family Emergency Plans, Emergency Kit Checklist, Evacuation Checklist, Weather Updates, and other useful information is available at:  http://www.readyalabama.gov & http://www.redcross.org/prepare/disaster/hurricane
 
The Free American Red Cross Hurricane App is available at this link:  http://www.redcross.org/mobile-apps/hurricane-app