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🌀 Our Storm Checklist

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Our meeting place

Out-of-area contact

Neighbors we’ll check on

“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1

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• Never run a generator indoors or in a garage. Keep it outside, away from windows. Carbon monoxide can kill.
• Don’t walk or drive through floodwater. It can hide downed power lines and strong currents.
• Stay away from downed power lines and report them.
• Follow boil-water notices before drinking tap water.
• When in doubt, throw it out: food that has been warm too long can make you sick.
• Ask your pharmacist about any medicine that got wet or too warm.

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Take photos and videos of damage for insurance before you move or throw anything away. Keep receipts for repairs and supplies.

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Kids may be clingy, scared of wind or rain, or act out. That’s normal. Keep routines when you can, let them talk or draw about it, and limit news coverage. Tell them: “We’re safe now, and we’re together.” If fears last for weeks, talk with their doctor or school counselor.

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Grief after a disaster is real, for a home, belongings, a routine or a sense of safety. It’s okay to not be okay. Let your church and neighbors help you. Accepting help is part of the body of Christ working.

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See Down, But Not Destroyed and Grief & Loss.

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Lord, thank You that we are still here. For what was lost, comfort us. For what was spared, we give You thanks. Give us strength for the cleanup, wisdom for the next steps and open hands to help our neighbors. You are our refuge. Amen.

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Call or knock on your list: older neighbors, people living alone, single parents, people with disabilities. Ask: “Do you have water, food, medicine and power for anything medical?”

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Give to established relief organizations and local churches already on the ground. Cash usually helps more than donated items, which can pile up. Watch out for disaster scams; see Pay to Pray? for red flags.

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Don’t self-deploy into a disaster area. Sign up through a church, a relief organization or your local volunteer center so you’re helping, not adding to the strain.

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Churches can open their kitchens, host charging stations, offer a place for kids to play while parents deal with insurance, or match families who have power with families who don’t.

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Storms hit islands hardest. Pray for Haiti, Jamaica and the whole Caribbean in every hurricane season. Try Pray for Ayiti and Every Nation, One Prayer.

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