Home Security After An Earthquake

After an Earthquake you need to do an immediatefill up your bathtubs with water now incase main water
damage assessment. First go turn off the gas if youlines to the city have broken. Join in with your
smell anything, a leaky gas line could explode and takeneighbors to form a support group and access all
out your entire home and your cats nine lives. Look fordamage and get with other neighbors near by and find
cracks in the slab or any areas where the houseout what is going on. In the event of power outages,
carpet is lifted up. Then walk around the exterior of theinstruct all neighbors to turn off all appliances so it does
house, what do you see? Do you see downed fences,not spike the system when everything turns back on. If
retaining walls, support structures holding up the garagethe power is still out after several hours; figure out a
at weird angles or any areas where your house wasplan for food and BBQs and have a street party, but
knocked off its foundation? Look also for water pipesdo not waste your food; stick together and ride it out.
which have been broken, if so shut off the main waterAlso plan what to do incase of huge fires or forced
line coming into the house. If there is extensive damageevacuation. Have a care package ready for your
then that means the other neighbors have also and theentire family for 5-days food and have it easily
entire area.When entire neighborhoods are damagedportable incase you have to pack up the SUV to get
and cities you have to worry about chaos and riots,out of dodge. The best time to plan home security in
form a group with your neighbors and block off thethe event of an Earthquake is before it happens, so
street with cars if you live in a culd-a-sac. Expectthink on this.
more after shocks. Instruct your family to ration water,