Since Hurricane Harvey, Texas Sea Grant staff have distributed over 10,000 copies of the Texas Homeowner’s Handbooks!

This handbook was created to help Texans prepare for natural hazards and help them reduce the risks to lives and property. Although it is never possible to eliminate all risk from a natural hazard, homeowners can take action and implement many small and cost-effective steps that could significantly lower their risk and exposure to those hazards.

The handbook discusses:

• Basic information on hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding
• How to protect family members
• A list of essential emergency supplies
• Help on evacuation planning
• How to protect property from wind and water hazards
• Insurance resources if storm damage occurs

The current version of this publication was funded by an Institutional Grant (NA22OAR4170092) to the Texas Sea
Grant College Program from the National Sea Grant Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. The Texas General Land Office (GLO) Coastal
Resources Division, Texas Water Development Board, and the Texas Sea Grant College Program
collaborated on this third edition. It was modeled after a similar publication produced by the University of Hawai’i Sea Grant College Program.

To request printed copies or provide feedback on the book, please fill out the form on this page.

Brought to you by Texas Sea Grant.