Bugging in
Most of the time, the safest place is this house.
Heat, outage, and storm are stay-home events in Washington County. Leave for fire and flood when you are told — or sooner if the wash is already in the road.
- Most heat, outage, and storm events are stay-home events. Leaving because you are restless is how people end up in a wash.
- Close the fridge. Cook outdoors if you use propane or charcoal. Carbon monoxide kills indoors.
- Know the shutoffs: water, gas, electric. A wrench on a hook beats hunting for one.
- Check on the people who cannot check on you: elders, neighbors without AC, anyone on medical power.
- If officials say leave for fire or flood, leave. Bugging in is not a dare.