Red Stick Ready hosts hurricane resource fair at Main Library [Video]

BATON ROUGE – After the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted in May that this hurricane season will be an active hurricane season, Baton Rouge’s Red Stick Ready organization held a resource fair Saturday at the Main East Baton Rouge Library on Goodwood Boulevard to offer advice on how to best prepare if a storm does hit.

One of the main points made at the fair was creating an emergency kit. Some highly recommended items to include in an emergency kit are food, water, a flashlight, batteries, medicine, cash and important documents like a driver’s license or insurance. One resource given out by Red Stick Ready at the fair was a waterproof bag.

“We have some waterproof bags that you can put your insurance documents in or any valuables that you can bring with you,” Clay Rives, a member of the EBR Parish Mayor’s Office of Homeland Security, said. “So …