Results of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) annual National Household Survey on Disaster Preparedness were issued last November, and despite social unrest, COVID-19, financial rumblings and Mother Nature’s current temperament, it found, “Nearly half of the country intends to prepare sometime in the future but has not yet started.” Fifty-five percent of the 7,000 families contacted have completed at least three of the dozen steps recommended by FEMA. Making that list is not a huge accomplishment, though. Saving something for a rainy day, documenting and insuring property, getting involved with the community, safeguarding documents, signing up for alerts and making a plan comprise half of it.

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