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Below are the randomly drawn winning entries for the “Send In A Preparedness Tip, Win A Preparedness Book” contest. The first six winners will receive the audio book for Amanda Ripley’s The Unthinkable, and the next three will get copies of Michael Sheehan’s Crush The Cell. Thanks to Amanda, Mike, Crown Publishing, Random House and those who [...]

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This installment of the blog’s daily National Preparedness Month’s “What Should We Tell The Public?” series features Terry Bischoff, President of the American Red Cross of Greater New York. In the video, shot in the emergency operations center at the Red Cross’ Manhattan headquarters, Bischoff urges every family to practice its evacuation plan for whatever [...]

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In the wake of Hurricane Ike, there will continue to be a need for volunteers to assist in the relief and recovery throughout the Texas and Louisiana coasts to assist the work of local groups as well as organizations like the Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
One idea to increase the pool of trained volunteers [...]

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Peter Gudaitis is the Executive Director of the New York Interfaith Disaster Services(NYDIS). NYDIS is a faith-based federation of service providers and charitable organizations who work in partnership to develop and support faith-based disaster readiness, response, and recovery services for New York City. In addition, NYDIS produce a terrific free biweekly newsletter, NYDISNET, that is a very [...]

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The Hurricane Information Center (at www.hurricanes08.org) is a one-stop shop site with governmental information, weather updates, maps, evacuation housing as well as ways to help and be helped. There is a link to a related Hurricane Wiki at www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/Main_Page.
To follow the Red Cross’ relief efforts and find resources, go to the Red Cross Hurricane Ike Newsroom at hurricaneike.wordpress.com/
The Red Cross’ Twitter feed which is being [...]

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With the Gulf Coast dealing with Hurricane Ike, new personal communications technology tools are being employed by citizens, government officials, the media and the relief agencies, including the Red Cross. In this segment, Wendy Harman, who manages the Red Cross’ burgeoning social media operations — including the Red Cross Hurricane Ike Newsroom – underscores the increasingly vital [...]

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The Hurricane Information Center (at www.hurricanes08.org) is a one-stop shop site with governmental information, weather updates, maps, evacuation housing as well as ways to help and be helped. There is a link to a related Hurricane Wiki at www.hurricanewiki.org/wiki/Main_Page.
To follow the Red Cross’ relief efforts, go to the Red Cross Hurricane Ike Newsroom at hurricaneike.wordpress.com/
The Houston Chronicle’s website is doing excellent on the ground coverage – www.chron.com/
You [...]

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With yet another major hurricane bearing down on the Gulf Coast, FEMA Administrator R. David Paulison says in this segment of “What Should We Tell The Public?” that his agency is ready. Yet, he underscores how FEMA, as well as state and local responders, rely on citizens to prepare and help respond to disasters like [...]

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The Department of Homeland Security’s Ready Campaign has just launched a blog for National Preparedness Month. For the blog, Ready officials are asking Americans to send in reports and photos of their local National Preparedness Month activities so they can share them with others across the country. I am looking forward to seeing these and [...]

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Using particularly demonstrative language, FEMA is warning people on the Gulf Coast to ready themselves for Hurricane Ike. In a press release today, titled “Hurricane Ike Nearing Landfall: Act Now!”, the agency is asking residents:
Do you know what your local community’s evacuation plan is? If not, do you know where to locate it? [...]

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