 At Audiology Associates of Prestonsburg, you can live your life the way you want and find the freedom of better hearing. With 40 years of being in the hearing care industry, you'll experience patient care that is specific to you with exceptional follow-up care that ensures your hearing and balance needs are being met. Audiology Associates at 1428 Northlake Drive in Prestonsburg. September is National Preparedness Month, which works to raise awareness about the importance of preparing for disasters and emergencies. What we would encourage people to do is be weather aware. We would encourage people to have a, I would almost call it a go bag or, you know, have preparedness, have items ready that you could quickly leave with. Also, you know, as I've watched the news and the problems that they've had in Hawaii with the wildfires and those things, you know, the children were at home. So it's very important that we educate our children and that they know what to do in an emergency. Items to keep in your go bag include contact information, a change of clothes, medication, essential hygiene items, flashlights, a notebook, and non-perishable food. Let's look back at July of last year, you know, this happened in the middle of the night, this flooding. And so people were caught completely unaware. Many were so, you know, having how important is it to be able to know that, OK, I've got a change of clothing or whatever that I can grab and go. It's just important because there's not always time to gather belongings in an emergency. So, you know, just just being being ready to, I guess, jump and run for lack of a better way of saying it. You know, in the event that you would have to. To view a full disaster checklist, go to SaveTheChildren.org backslash preparedness. Reporting for Mountain Top News, I'm Brianna Robinson.