City of Manvel

Planning for an Evacuation

The time to be prepared and make evacuation plans is now – not the day before a storm. Start by reviewing our hurricane evacuation maps and selecting an evacuation route for you and your family.

• Zip Zone Evacuation Map
• Hurricane Evacuation Videos
• Hurricane Evacuation Roadway Brochures

Then, read important hurricane-preparedness information provided by state and federal emergency-management officials:

• Texas Online Emergency Portal
• Governor’s Division of Emergency Management
• Federal Emergency Management Agency

Mandatory Evacuations

If state or local officials order a mandatory evacuation – leave immediately. Be sure your home is secure, and take your pets with you.

Unless you are physically unable to evacuate, we urge you to obey evacuation orders. Remember, the longer you wait, the more likely you are to get stuck in evacuation traffic. If you are elderly or disabled and need evacuation assistance, please call 2-1-1.

Prepare a Survival Kit

If you believe you will not be evacuating during a hurricane, please prepare a survival kit. Some reasons for not evacuating include:

• A mandatory evacuation is not issued.
• You are physically or financially unable to leave your home.
• You live in an area that is not prone to flooding or storm surges.

Stay up-to-date with the latest changes by viewing our current road conditions.

Weather Reports

During a weather emergency, stay tuned to local news/weather bulletins, and visit the following Web pages for the latest weather information.

• National Weather Service
• The Weather Channel
• CNN Weather

Contact with Family

There are 2 choices: Contact Loved One's and Safe and Well. 

Contact Loved Ones is a free emergency voicemail service that helps people get in touch with family members and friends in times of crisis. CLO lets you both listen to and leave messages without needing to know a PIN or other security code. The service can be accessed from any working telephone any time of day or night.

If you are displaced from your home or if your regular telephone isn't working, you can leave messages to let people know how you are and how you can be contacted. You can also listen to messages that family and friends have left for you.

If you are trying to reach someone who has been affected by a disaster, you can listen to messages they have left and leave messages for them to pick up.

To call CLO's free service Dial 1-443-992-4890

If you have been affected by a disaster, this website provides a way for you to register yourself as “safe and well.” From a list of standard messages, you can select those that you want to communicate to your family members, letting them know of your well-being.

Concerned family and friends can search the list of those who have registered themselves as “safe and well.” The results of a successful search will display a loved one’s First Name, Last Name, an “As of Date”, and the “safe and well” messages selected.

www.safeandwell.org