Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters

These handbooks contain state-specific information on how to best prepare for natural disasters. Each handbook provides an overview of the hazards most likely to affect residents in each state and can contain information about how to prepare your family, protect your property, the types of insurance you need, and what to do if your home is damaged during a disaster.

Download Alabama's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

Download Delaware's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

Download Florida's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

Download Hawaii's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

Download Louisiana's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters

Download the Mariana Islands Homeowner’s Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

Download Massachusett's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural  Disasters.

Download Mississippi's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

Download Texas's Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

View Virginia's Online Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Disasters.

The Homeowners Handbooks to Prepare for Natural Disasters are developed and maintained by NOAA Sea Grant programs. Homeowners Handbooks are developed in partnership with many subject matter experts and organizations, including NOAA, Sea Grant, and state and local entities. Please see each book for acknowledgments. Additionally, a "special thanks is extended to the University of Hawaii Sea Grant College Program for assisting us with the first version of this handbook and for allowing us to model the handbook after the original Homeowners Handbook authored by Dennis Hwang and Darren Okimoto."