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What to do if an evacuation is necessary:

 

 

Evacuate immediately, if told to do so.  Use travel routes specified by local officials

 

Wear sensible clothing and sturdy shoe, appropriate for weather.

 

Take along your Emergency Preparedness Kit.

 

Turn off all appliances. Lock your doors and windows.

 

Take a form of identification and any medicine taken regularly by family members.

 

Do not return to the emergency site until local officials have given an "ALL CLEAR".

 

After the emergency is over, enter your home with caution. Open doors and windows to ventilate. DO NOT strike a match or turn on electric lights until you are sure there are no breaks in gas lines.