Tiffany Greene, Your Kids

Hurricane season will be here sooner than you think and what does that mean? It's time to get educated.

There's tons of information out there for adults but about the young ones, and there’s a big push to try to get kids ready in case of an emergency.

Florida is home to lightning, hurricanes live here five months out of the year and tornadoes are becoming frequent visitors to the state. Kids play outside year-round in the Sunshine State. Because the sun doesn't always shine here, that's why Energizer is teaming up with organizations in our area to teach young people about emergency preparedness.

"Kids need to know when lightning comes, you need to get inside and be safe and they need to know now to play around flooded areas because those are the number one dangers around weather in the United States," said John Van Pelt, the Storm Education Team founder.

Van Pelt says it's never too early to teach kids about how deal with bad weather when it hits. Dozens of kids from a local Boys & Girls Club are learning how to map out a plan and build emergency kits.

"When we have an emergency, we'll know what to do and how to do it," said Elizabeth Pamphile.

According to a recent preparedness survey of families conducted, more than half of families don't have an emergency kit. Of those that do have them, only 13 percent restock or clean out their kits every six months to a year.

The National Hurricane Conference takes place in Orlando and wraps up April 4.

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