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According to an article in the Miami Herald, officials in Key West are considering the prohibition of alcohol sales during hurricanes under a little known law that allows local officials to ban booze during a declared state of emergency:
Last year, as officials of the Southernmost City reviewed their emergency plans, they again considered the possibility [...]

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An article in the News-Press of Fort Myers, Florida, “Poll Finds Most U.S. Coastal Residents Not Prepared For Hurricanes,” reported on a new Mason-Dixon/National Hurricane Survival Initiative survey that nearly three out of four residents of coastal states take no steps to brace their homes for hurricanes. According to the piece:
One in three have no [...]

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In an article, “As Hurricane Season Begins, Survey Finds FloridiansUnder-Prepared, Under-Motivated,” Eliot Kleinberg of the Palm Beach Post writes about a poll just released by the Florida Division of Emergency Management. According to the piece:
In 2004 and 2005, Florida went through one of the most hellacious two-year stretches on record. Four hurricanes slammed the state [...]

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Thanks to John Bowen’s Hometown Security blog, I learned about an interesting citizen preparedness development —  the Florida legislature’s passage of the “Emergency Prescription Refill Bill” to help citizens store medicine for major emergencies. The legislation would “require all insurers and managed-care organizations to suspend refill-too-soon restrictions when a patient seeks a refill” if their county is under a [...]

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Thanks to the Hometown Security blog, I saw that some Florida retailers had voluntarily lowered their prices on emergency preparedness supplies to encourage Floridians to prepare for Hurricane season.
I’ve been an advocate of getting the corporate sector far more involved in advance public preparedness, such as providing more discounts and developing integrated marketing campaigns, so I’m happy to hear about Florida’s [...]

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With hurricane season starting today, Craig Fugate, the Director of Florida’s Division of Emergency Management, is the subject of an interesting profile in the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
According to the article, Fugate wants to instill a new sense of public personal responsibility among the public when it comes to preparing and responding to disasters. Fugate is taking aim at what he has dubbed ”the [...]

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