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Blogs and Sites We Like

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Here is a short list of sites we like to get preparedness and incidence information from. If you have a site you like, please let us know. Public Health Surveillance Health Map is created and maintained by a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children’s Hospital founded in 2006, is an established glob [...]

Integrating Pets into Your Emergency ...

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What is the PETS Act? The Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act (PETS) of 2006 was passed following Hurricane Katrina.     Images of abandoned animals, as well as the knowledge that many individuals and families refused to evacuate when they found that they couldn’t take their pets with them spurred legislators into passi [...]

Just Discovered: A Site Listing The 1...

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Like the commercial says, “It pays to be prepared.” Insurance aside, Bankrate.com has posted a list of the costliest ten states to live in due to their history of major disasters. Although the list is designed to promote their insurance products, it may be of interest to those concerned with where disasters are likely to strike. [...]

The Worst Drought in 500 Years

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  The New York Times reported Saturday that 17 rural communities in California that are providing water to 40,000 people are in danger of running out within 60 to 120 days. State officials said they were moving to put emergency plans in place. In the worst case, they said drinking water would have to be brought by truck into parched com [...]

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