Earthquake Checklist

Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your home, or in some cases it can confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away.

Families and neighborhoods can, and do, cope with disaster by preparing in advance and working as a team. Often, what you know is even more important that what you have. If you don't know how to protect yourself from the the dangers of an earthquake, it doesn't matter how many year's supply of food you have in your basement.

Earthquakes cause all the "emergencies" you can experience individually. If you are prepared for an earthquake, you are prepared for anything.

The following three articles BYU Wellness will post will help you become better prepared to protect yourself and your family WHEN disaster strikes.