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- Make arrangements to bolt heavy bookcases and cabinets to wall studs.
- Label equipment and attach instruction cards.
Check around your house for these items. If you do not have them, stop by the store.
- Extra flashlight batteries
- Extra batteries for portable radio
- Assorted nails
- Wood screws
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Bundle up your house to conserve heat
February 10, 2010
Keep as much heat as possible inside your home. Avoid unnecessary opening of doors or windows. Close off unneeded rooms, stuff towels or rags in cracks under doors, and close draperies or cover windows with blankets at night.
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