There are many reminders for supplies during Hurricane season such as: keep a Full tank of gasoline or a fully charged electric vehicle, bottled water, flashlights and batteries.
Consider ways to keep your important documents.
Consider keeping Estate Plan Original documents such as Power of Attorney documents, Trust documents and Last Will and Testaments together in a waterproof, fireproof container in your home. Kept in your home, it is handy for the occasions when the documents are needed, and it should be a size that makes it easy to pick it up and take it with you if you must evacuate.
Consider keeping PDFs of these important documents on your phone and on your computer. That way no matter where you are, you can access those PDFs and share them with family members, medical providers or financial institutions.
Consider keeping PDFs of all your insurance and flood policies on your phone and on your computer also. You might consider keeping the hard copy summary pages of your insurance policies in your waterproof, fireproof container with your estate plan documents.
Take photos of your property, inside and out before the storm hits and email the photos to yourself to get the timestamp. Some insurance companies are very good, and others push back hard on these claims.
Maintain a list of your digital assets including passwords so that you or a person named to act on your behalf can access your accounts. Would you or anyone else be able to recover your Bitcoin wallet if your cell phone and computer were unusable? Put the list in your waterproof, fireproof container.
Put your passport, social security card and birth certificate, and military discharge paperwork in a waterproof/fireproof container. Make sure that you can access it easily for those occasions when you need the documents and that you can take it with you easily in the event of an evacuation.
Let’s prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
Diana Mangsen focuses her practice as an elder law attorney in Clearwater, Palm Harbor, Largo, Dunedin and the Tampa Bay area.
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