Tip 18: more than one plan
Tip 18: make more than one plan, with helpers close by and far away, before hurricane season starts. Checked against Ready.gov guidance.
One plan is not enough. The old tip said to set up more than one, with friends and family, before the season begins.
- Nearby helpers suit local trouble like a house fire or a power cut.
- Distant contacts suit large events such as hurricanes, floods, wildfires and earthquakes.
- The old tip told Long Island residents to plan to help each other across the North and South shores. The same idea works anywhere: pair up with someone who lives on a different side of the hazard.
Ready.gov says to agree on a buddy who can care for or evacuate your pet if you cannot, and to give an emergency contact outside your immediate area on your pet's microchip record.
This tip first appeared on the former Pet Safe Coalition website on 29 May 2013. The advice here was rewritten and checked against the sources below on 4 October 2026.