Awareness – 1 point

• Complete registration for Race 2 Ready
• Download the Waze app and create an account
• Read the Virginia Homeowner’s Guide to Natural Hazards 
• Visit the FEMA Flood Map Service Center and determine if you live in a flood zone
• Sign up for Nextdoor with your current address

Education – 2 points

• Assess your neighborhood/community’s vulnerability with the Surging Seas tool
• Find out what it would take for your location to be affected by Storm Surge
• Calculate your carbon footprint
• Visit the VDEM website to learn more about preparedness
• Download the ReadyVA app
• Download and read “Planning for Resilience”
• Watch one of the TED Talks on this playlist
• Take NASA’s Extreme Weather Quiz
• Take the Homeowner’s Guide Quiz on Overview of Natural Hazards
• Take the Homeowner’s Guide Quiz on Protecting Yourself and Your Family
• Take the Homeowner’s Guide Quiz on Insurance
• Take the Homeowner’s Guide Quiz on Climate Change

Action – 3 points

• Attend the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Blue Planet Forum (on campus/March, exact location/date TBD)
• Participate in Wetlands Walk (MonarchTeach students only)
• Take the ODU Green Infrastructure Tour (more info coming soon)
• Volunteer in resilience-related service opportunities
  • i.e. Elizabeth River Project
• Take public transit
• Attend “Before the Flood” showing at ODU 
• Attend “Ocean Frontiers III” at the Virginia Aquarium
• Attend the Race 2 Monarch Ready Spring Kick-off Resilience event (2/16 – activity hour, North Lobby, Webb)
• Volunteer during Preparedness Event (9/27) 
• Attend ‘Facing the Surge’  (9/28) (PDF)
• Participate in Monarch Service Day and Urban Farming (10/29) *originally scheduled for 10/1, rescheduled due to inclement weather*
• Attend ‘I Sing’ event (10/9)
• Volunteer for the River Clean-Up (10/20)
• Attend Q&A with Robert Tajan about FEMA’s updated Norfolk Flood Maps (12/6)
• Take the National Weather Service’s SkyWarn Class (in person 11/17, online 12/12)
• Take the Advanced SkyWarn Course (online 12/13)

Preparedness – 5 points

• Report any incident on Waze
• Plan your route using Waze
• Plan your route using public transit
• Identify alternate parking location for inclement weather
• Find out what your insurance will cover during a weather event- talk to your agent or review your account
• Create a personal or family preparedness plan
• Create an emergency kit for your home
• Create an emergency kit for your car
• Create an emergency kit and plan for your pet(s)
• Create an inventory of your property
• Have rainboots
• Have an umbrella
• Have an ice scraper for your vehicle
• Sign up for high tide alerts (info coming soon)