Tips on how to prepare for an unexpected disaster

  The president of the Coachella Valley Disaster Preparedness Network tells me that if you do nothing else, you should prepare a "Go-bag" with important documents. 

There are items you need in a go bag, like shoes, gloves, flashlights, and a solar battery charger. 

Carla Sullivin Dilley had a small pouch with lists of medical information for her, the dog, and her husband. 

"But the bottom line is, if you don't remember what medications you're on, or if you're injured and can't speak for yourself, where you're distraught over your loved one," says the president of CVDPN Carla Sullivin Dilley. "It lets the paramedics know what your current medication is."

    And as she shares this information to prepare your family and friends, she is concerned about her friends who are stuck in Maui with no power. 

Sullivin Dilley says disaster can happen to anyone.

"My friends actually don't have any power right now that are on Maui, but were able to at least send me a text message and say they're okay," says Sullivin Dilley. "They didn't get into details."

Sullivin Dilley says that it is also important to make sure you have an out of state contact -- like she is for her friends on the island. 

"My heart ached because we have friends, their friends, that are there now," says Sullivin Dilley. "And it's something that, you know, you don't ask for disasters to happen, but they happen."