We have brochures on every type of disaster there is, and are available by calling us. This information is also available online. Just like Anita said, these things happen and you have only a moment to react. The more prepared you are when something happens, the better chance you have of making it through. We all think it will never happen to us, but we should be thinking of what we can do if this does happen to us, or to keep it from happening.
Extreme heat can be a disaster as well.
Please tell us about the Red Cross response to the summer's intense heat in your area. Every year in Texas and around the nation, you hear of so many people who die from heat. We don't normally think of that as a disaster, but at the end of the summer, you hear that hundreds of people around the country have died, simply because of extreme temperatures. That heat wave killed dozens of people here locally that summer. What we decided to do as Red Crossers was to take the message directly to the streets through Cool Down.