In Case Of Emergency, Read Blog

Sesame Street’s lovable Grover is the first furry blue monster to take part in this blog’s “What Should We Tell The Public?” video series. 
Grover is a spokes-Muppet for Sesame Workshop’s impressive preparedness program for young kids and their families, “Let’s Get Ready! Planning Together For Emergencies” done in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]

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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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I have added a number of government preparedness websites to my Resources section.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
www.ready.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov/disasters/

U.S. Centers for Disease Control
www.bt.cdc.gov/
New York City Office of Emergency Management 
www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/ready.shtml

 
I think that there is a lot of good information on these official sites, and they are worth looking at for citizens interested in preparing for emergencies. [...]

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