National Preparedness Month
September 19, 2007 – 2:00 am September is National Preparedness Month, and those of us in the field have been bombarded by all of our listservs letting us know about the festivities. Well, I’m going to add to the electronic cacophony, but make you feel bad at the same time - sounds like fun, no?
So, how prepared are you? No, really. If somebody blew up that big building/public utility/gathering place/historical icon in your town, would your family be alright for 24 hours plus? What if you were already at home, and had to leave them in a panic and get into work? What if you’re neither at work or home and had to travel on foot to your office? Could you? Could you really? Without worrying/hoping that someone’s checking in on your family? Satisfied? Great, now take away electricity. Get rid of public transportation. Tie the police/National Guard/security folks up securing multiple and growing scenes. […]
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