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**Your Medications & Prescriptions**

Patients should be prepared:

• Have with you 15 days of

medication and supplies

• For medications requiring

refrigeration, have a small portable cooler/ice chest ready for
transport

• Glasses, contact lens, hearing aids, canes, and dentures

• Bring prescription bottles of

All medications you are currently taking - whether full or empty

• For prescription needs while

you are evacuated, call

**1-800-507-4571**

**Follow-up Care & Scheduled Appointments**

• Keep a record of scheduled

appointments for follow-up visits, lab work, and specialty care services

• For urgent care needs

requiring continuing care while you are evacuated, please contact any VA
facility by calling

**1-800-507-4571**

• Once you have returned to Southeast Texas, please

re-schedule any appointments

you may have missed

by calling **1-800-639-5137**

**Basic Emergency Supply Kit:**

-   Water, one gallon of water per person per day for at least 3 days,
    for drinking and sanitation

-   Food, at least a 3-day supply of

> non-perishable food, and can opener

-   Battery-powered or hand crank radio and a NOAA Weather Radio with
    tone alert and extra batteries for both

-   Flashlight and extra batteries

-   First aid kit and whistle to signal for help

-   Dust mask to help filter contaminated air, and plastic sheeting and
    duct tape to shelter-in-place

-   Moist towelettes, garbage bags, and plastic ties for personal
    sanitation

-   Wrench or pliers to turn off utilities

-   Local maps and list of emergency contacts

> **Additional Items:**

-   Infant formula and diapers

-   Pet food, extra water, leashes, and carriers, and shot records

-   Important family documents such as copies of insurance policies, ID,
    and bank account records in a waterproof, portable container

-   Cash or traveler's checks and change

-   Sleeping bag or warm blanket for each person.

-   Complete change of clothing including a long sleeved shirt, long
    pants, extra socks, and sturdy shoes.

-   Fire extinguisher and matches in a waterproof container

-   Safety scissors or sharp folding knife

-   Feminine supplies and personal hygiene items including sunscreen

-   Mess kits, paper cups, plates and plastic utensils, paper towels

-   Paper and pencil

**Useful Telephone Numbers**

**& Internet Sites**

**Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center**

\(713\) 791-1414 or toll-free 1-800-553-2278

www.houston.med.va.gov

**VA Network Telecare Center**

\(713\) 794-8985 or toll-free 1-800-639-5137

**Beaumont VA Outpatient Clinic**

\(409\) 981-8550 or toll-free 1-800-833-7734

**Charles Wilson VA Outpatient Clinic (Lufkin)**

\(936\) 637-1342 or toll-free 1-800-209-3120

**Conroe VA Outpatient Clinic**

\(936\) 522-4000

**Galveston VA Outpatient Clinic**

\(409\) 741-0256 or toll-free 1-800-310-5001

**Texas City VA Outpatient Clinic**

\(409\) 986-1129 or toll-free 1-800-310-5001

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**The US Department of Homeland Security**\
www.ready.gov

**City of Houston Office of Emergency Management**\
www.houstontx.gov/oem

**Harris County Office of Emergency Management**\
www.hcoem.org

**Galveston County Office of Emergency Management**\
www.gcoem.org/

**National Hurricane Center**\
www.nhc.noaa.gov

# Hurricane

# Preparedness

# Guide for

# Veteran

# Patients

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