When it comes to hurricane preparedness, seniors can be impacted more than others so they have special needs to consider in preparing for a disaster.

Be it a hurricane, tsunami, or earthquake, it could be days before help arrives so officials encourage seniors to get a plan in place now.

"One of the most important things is our seniors should look and work towards, in their own friends and families to develop a support network to help them get through the next disaster," said John Cummings from the Department of Emergency Management.

New guidance says people should plan on 5 to 7 days of essential supplies like food, water, clothing and for kupuna, special medications. A shelter may be the only refuge.

"But a lot of times in an emergency they're hot, crowded and noisy and sometimes it's not the best situation for our kupuna to be in," said Cummings.

And shelters may be hard to get. Cummings says for seniors living in condos, they should shelter in place.

"A concrete re enforced condominium or apartment building is actually very very sturdy during a hurricane, so instead of having to leave everything behind and going to a shelter they should try and locate a safe room within their home, bathrooms are good options or enclosed closets or bedrooms with small windows and that's where they would take all the disaster supplies."

And preferably, ride out the storm with family members.

For more information you can go to the Department of Emergency Management's website.