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In a post this week on the social network website GovLoop, Andrew Krzmarzick asks a good question: “So which celebrity could bring awareness about a project or program being run by your agency, city or state?”
It’s a very relevant query for this blog as citizen preparedness has not had an ongoing high-profile celebrity spokesperson. To some in [...]

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I watched an incredible video this morning, “Military Reunion,” which is a compilation of homecomings with soldiers and with their loved ones. All Americans should see this as it underscores the sacrifice of military families. The scenes with kids seeing their parent after months away are amazing. I urge you to watch the 10-minute piece [...]

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My daughter Rebecca had the terrific idea for this post. We were watching the movie “Grease 2″ together this past weekend, and there was a scene involving a bomb shelter. Rebecca suggested I should mention it on my blog. It turns out that both this sequel to “Grease” from 1982, and the popular 1970’s tv [...]

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The well-respected environmental writer, Michael Grunwald, offers a provocative article today in the current issue of Time magazine asking whether the damage from the Gulf Coast oil spill has been exaggerated by politicians, non profit groups and the media.
It’s an interesting piece which I wanted to post in part because it is offers a good case [...]

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Last night, I watched the premiere of the Discovery Channel’s second season of “The Colony” ‘reality’ show. “The Colony” attempts to answer the questions: “What would you do in the wake of a global catastrophe? Even if you survived it, could you survive the aftermath?”
The show brings together an eclectic group of “colonists” and puts [...]

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Theatlantic.com’s Marc Ambinder had a post this week about “Inspire,” the first English-language propaganda magazine from Al Qaeda on the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
According to Ambinder:
The table of contents teases an interview with the leader of AQAP who promises to “answer various questions pertaining to the jihad in the Arabian Peninsula.” It includes a feature about [...]

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In last weekend’s Wall Street Journal, Judith Miller had an interview about terror prevention with New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly. It offers some useful insight on the NYPD’s efforts anti-terrorism efforts. But I wanted to highlight one particular point right at the beginning of the piece:
What rankles Raymond W. Kelly? Two things, he tells [...]

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“Disaster in the Gulf: How You Can Help,” a Larry King Live two-hour telethon, starts at 8pm ET. It will go towards supporting the work being done by three groups in the Gulf:
*The Nature Conservancy has launched their Fund for Gulf Coast Restoration, expanding their efforts for long term recovery for the Gulf of Mexico [...]

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is funding the development of a video game, “Disaster Hero,” to teach children and their parents, caregivers and teachers how to prepare for various emergencies, according to an article in Occupational Health and Safety. It is being created with the help of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and is [...]

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As part of a special report from Seattle’s local public radio station, KUOW, “On Shaky Ground: Waiting for the Big One in the Pacific Northwest,” there’s a three-minute audio interview with JoAnn Jordan, the Public Education Coordinator, Seattle Office of Emergency Management, on how to stay safe in an earthquake.
Jordan is a top local public emergency communications [...]

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