In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog

Some of you may have noticed the paucity of posts on the blog this week. I apologize for that. It’s largely due to the large amount of feedback I received from the article I wrote in the Washington Post’s Outlook section “It’s An Emergency: We’re Not Prepared” as well as from the online discussion on Washingtonpost.com about the article the next […]

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I will be participating in a washingtonpost.com online discussion today at Noon.  The subject will be the article I wrote in the Outlook section on citizen preparedness.
If you’re near a computer, please jump on. Just follow this link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2008/05/16/DI2008051603186.html

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In addition to Minnesota’s email list, there is also a weekly tip of the week offered by New York City’s Office of Emergency Management. They are helpful and often communicated with a some humor (which I think is very important in this field). For example, the most recent tip was titled “Smother Your Mother”.
This Sunday is Mother’s Day, and OEM […]

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In a recent Disaster Zone post, Eric Holderman notes the fact that while “shelter in place” is a key part of government emergency planning for the public, it is a term that is not very well understood by the public. It is an important point which needs to be addressed by government authorities in advance — like soon.
One […]

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I am happy to add Eric Holderman’s Disaster Zone blog at www.disaster-zone.com to my Blog Roll. Eric is the former Emergency Preparedness Director of King County in Washington state. He was one of the nation’s most innovative and charismatic emergency management officials when it comes to citizen preparedness. Holderman is now with the consulting firm ICF International.  
He describes Disaster-Zone as:
dedicated to sharing information about the […]

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This tip comes via Mitchell Moss. Moss, a highly respected urban policy expert oversees New York University’s Improving Robustness and Resiliency in Catastrophic Response Networks project which is part of the School’s Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response.
During his presentation at a homeland security seminar I recently attended, Moss recommended that everyone in the room – and all citizens — should have an extra mobile […]

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As I continue to build this site, I will be adding to my blog roll some blogs which I read regularly and believe other citizens interested in public preparedness will find helpful. Today, I am linking to Homeland Security Watch which is a blog I have visited pretty much every day for the past couple years. It is a ’must link’ for anyone interested in homeland security policy. Homeland Security […]

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Israel is in the midst of Turning Point 2, the most extensive civilian preparedness drill in the nation’s history.
At 10:00 this morning, sirens sounded on every street in the country signalling the drill. Mock emergency television messages were broadcast on television. School children went into bomb shelters where they discussed emergency procedures.
Turning Point 2 has already produced an early lesson for the Israelis. It […]

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This past Friday, Attorney General Michael Mukasey told reporters he was “surprised by how surprised” he was to learn about the variety and scope of terrorist threats once he took over the job.
From Terry Frieden’s report on CNN.com: 
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/21/mukasey.terrorism/
“I’m surprised by how surprised I am,” said Mukasey, who as a federal judge presided over terrorism-related trials in New […]

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My name is John D. Solomon, and I am currently writing a book titled “In Case of Emergency, Read Book: Simple Steps to Prepare You and Your Family For Terrorism, Natural Disasters and Other 21st Century Crises.”
The book will take the point of view of an average citizen trying to ready and educate himself and his […]

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