Our team of preparedness professionals has been monitoring current disasters for the last five years and here is a list of common disasters that occur during the month of July:

• Extreme Weather disasters.
• Wildfire disasters.
• Flood disasters.
• Hurricane disasters.

So, what are we talking about when we mention these general disaster categories?  Let us get more specific about these categories:

Extreme Weather disasters include situations such as:

• Relentless heat, flash floods, and dirty air.
• “The hottest week in thousands of years?”
• Temperature reaches 117 degrees Fahrenheit!
• Billions suffer heat waves fueled by climate change.

Wildfire disasters include situations such as:

• Climate change doubles frequency, size of extreme wildfires.
• Lightning starts a dozen wildfires.
• Hot or smoky?  This summer it’s all there is.
• Wildfire smoke bad for health of brain.

Flood disasters include situations such as:

• Monsoon rains create flash flood that kills three.
• Costs outweigh flood fears.
• After flooding, focus turns to fall out.
• Another day of scorching heat and Midwest floods.

Hurricane disasters include situations such as:

• Hurricane like winds batter Italy and France.
• Hurricane leaves a trail of devastation in Caribbean
• Hurricane aftermath leaves thousands in the dark and in the mud.
• As storm strengthens, Texas braces for hurricane.

How do you protect you and your family from these common July disasters?  Most of these disaster types suggest that your family should have an evacuation plan.  A family evacuation plan is the most difficult plan to implement because it requires some planning ahead of time.  You need to ask yourself and your family such questions as:

• Where will you go for safety?   Down the block?  Out of town?  Out of state?
• What important items will you take with you if you are unable to return home?
• Could you afford to leave your ownership and identity proof documents behind?
• What if you had no choice but to evacuate (by order of government officials)?

We encourage you to check out the valuable information on our website to learn how to create a family evacuation plan.   Check out our free tiny course 'How to Protect Your Family from the Next Disaster'.  It is a great tool to start preparing your family from the worst that might happen in the month of July.  Want more guidance?  Check out our Evacuation Plan Tiny Course.  This inexpensive online course will help you decide where a safe evacuation place may be, what you might take with you and how to make sure your personal evacuation plan will work for your family.

We also have tiny courses that you can complete in 10-15 minutes that show you how to create additional preparedness and safety plans in detail, step-by-step.  As our website says, “Stay safe – be prepared!”  This is a time when the word ‘extreme’ does not mean highly competitive sporting events – it means danger is waiting around the corner.