Poll: Do you know a neighbor who might need help getting out in an emergency

# Evacuate

# Neighbor Helping Neighbor

A suggest post to persuade neighbors to take action to find out who may need help evacuating

Joseph Porcelli

Poll question: Do you know a neighbor who might need help getting out in an emergency?

Answer options: → Yes, and we have a plan → Yes, but we don’t have a plan → I’m not sure who might need help → No

Poll description: We want to know where [City/Town] stands. Your neighbors are the closest help you have, and a plan can be as simple as swapping phone numbers. When this poll closes, we’ll repost it with the results and a few steps to take. Please don’t name or describe a specific neighbor in the comments. ##

Seed comments: post each as a separate comment immediately after publishing:

Comment 1: Has your household ever asked the people next door what they’d need if everyone had to leave quickly?

Comment 2: [Link to your alert sign-up, or to a registry for residents who need evacuation help if your county has one] Here’s where to sign up in [County].

Comment 3: What’s one small thing you’ve agreed on with a neighbor, like who calls whom? Share it here for the rest of us, without names.

Poll repost:

In the poll below, we asked, Do you know a neighbor who might need help getting out in an emergency?

[Insert your results here, for example: “X percent of you said you know someone but have no plan yet.”]

A plan starts with one conversation. Knock on the door or leave a note, and ask what they would need if everyone had to leave quickly. Tell them what you can do. Swap phone numbers and agree on who calls whom.

If you’re not sure who might need help, a quick hello is how you find out. Some neighbors won’t want to share details, and that’s their call. Offering is enough.

[City/Town] looks out for each other when someone makes the first move.

Did you talk to a neighbor? Tell us how it went, without names.

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