Store enough water to last two weeks for each person in your household. A normal active person requires a minimum of one litre of water per day for drinking and food preparation.
Label the containers with the current date and renew your drinking supply each month.
Store emergency food in waterproof containers.
Arrange items so that those stored first will be used first.
Observe expiration dates on packaged foods.
Wrap bread, cookies, crackers, and dry goods in plastic bags and store in airtight containers.
Your storage area should be dry, cool and free from contamination by insects, poisons and other chemicals.
Water should be stored in clean, well-covered containers.
Keep water for animals
The National Irrigation Commission (NIC) is encouraging livestock farmers to store water for their animals as it may be forced to shut down all operations islandwide because of the possible impact of Gustav.
As part of the shutting down exercise:
All pumps will be deactivated.
Main circuit breakers will be turned off.
Sluice gates will be opened to allow water to flow through freely.
Canal intake gates will be closed to allow water to run off to the sea.
An Emergency Disaster Team will monitor the irrigation systems throughout the hurricane to prevent flooding.
The commission says after the passage of Gustav, it will try to facilitate requests for emergency supplies of water (for livestock and poultry) where possible.
Customers wishing to make contact with the NIC may call 1-888- CALLNIC (1-888-2255-642)
