When you evacuate to a shelter, you should remember that you are also responsible to bring appropriate and important items with you and you must be ready to obey all the shelter rules.

• Water -- one gallon of water per person, per day

• Food -- Non-perishable, needing little or no cooking, such as ready-to-eat meats, fruits, vegetables, and canned juices. High energy foods such as peanut butter, jelly, crackers, granola bars, trail mix, and other snack foods. Special dietary foods -- such as diabetic, low salt, liquid diet, and baby food and formula

• Manual can opener

• Eating and drinking utensils including paper plates

• Portable ice chest with ice.

• One complete change of clothing including footwear. Sleeping bag, blanket and pillow (cots for elderly) -- cots will not be provided. Rain gear and sturdy shoes.

• Washcloth, small towel, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, sanitary napkins, tampons, paper towels, toilet paper, towelettes, etc.

• Medications--clearly marked with your name, dosage, type of medication, and prescribing physician. You must be able to take all medications by yourself.

• First-Aid kit in a waterproof box.

• Clothes, diapers, formula, bottles, nipples, food, blankets

• Name and address of doctors. Name and address of nearest relative not living in area. Identification and valuable papers

• Games, cards, toys, battery powered radios, flashlights (no candles or lanterns), batteries, or other reasonable items you may need

Remember to:

• If possible, bathe and eat before you leave home
• Register immediately upon entering the shelter
• Obey shelter rules
• Keep the building safe and sanitary

• NOT ALLOWED: Pets (while some shelters do accept pets, make sure the shelter to which you're evacuating accepts them), alcoholic beverages, or weapons