Preparedness
Tips
Following are two different sets of volcanic hazard
preparedness tips. The first is specific to Mount Rainier and the
other is general for all volcano areas. Together they make up the
perfect list of preparedness tips.
From The Big Fact Book About Mount
Rainier
- Always keep your car gassed up, and always park with your
car facing out (so you don't have to waste time backing
out if you get a couple minutes warning that a mudflow is
coming).
- Keep an emergency blanket, a supply of air filter masks, a
spare air filter for your car, and a couple of gallons of
water in an accessible location.
- Know every possible way to get to the highest hills
around. Learn back ways to get to high places. Freeways
will be jammed and freeways are in valleys, and that's
where the mudflow will go.
- When you're anywhere around the mountain, always have a
working car radio or portable radio turned on.
- If you hear a mudflow is coming, don't waste time
packing, get the family out immediately and head for high
ground.
From the American Red Cross
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