Less Than Half of Americans are Prepared for an Emergency
Forty-two percent of Americans don't have an evacuation plan in the event of severe weather and only 19 percent have a family meet-up plan, says a new survey.
The study, which was fielded by The Weather Company, an IBM Business, also says that nearly 40 percent of Americans have experienced severe weather that damaged their homes or made them evacuate, with one in five happening in the last five years. While weather is universal, how people react to it can be very personal. In addition, says the study,