The task for May is to gather important documents. The idea is to make sure you have these documents ready if you need to evacuate. During a disaster is not the time to try to think through the paperwork you will need. Such considerations will require quick and easy access to documents that could be inaccessible after a disaster or destroyed by it.

This month, the Prepare-in-a-Year task is to create an action plan. So we’re highlighting the connection between climate change and the disasters we’re likely to face at home and focusing on the need to create an action plan that is climate smart.