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It’s a quiet Sunday morning, with very little flu-related news out there, so I thought it would be a good day to post some disaster and hurricane preparedness videos.
Even if you don’t live in hurricane country, many of the preparedness tips in the storm videos still apply for floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and other disasters.
To start, a brief statement by FEMA director Craig Fugate. (You can Follow FEMA and its director on TWITTER by following @FEMA and @CraigatFEMA).
From Sun-Sentinel.com, a major south Florida newspaper, we get this one-minute reminder of things to do before the storm strikes.
Although geared for the mid-Atlantic states, this 5-minute video from Nassau and Suffolk Counties Red Cross, in cooperation with the Long Island Power Authority, reminds people they may need to cope with utilities being out for days or even weeks after a major storm.
From the USGS Great Southern California Shakeout website, we’ve this 4 and 1/2 minute video called Preparedness Now (Streaming | Video) that “depicts the realistic outcome of a hypothetical, but plausible, magnitude 7.8 earthquake on the San Andreas fault in Southern California.”
Visit the Shakeout site (above) for more information on how you can participate in this yearly exercise.
While California-centric, the preparedness advice in this video could apply to any of the seismically active areas of the country.
And to round out today’s offerings, UCTV (University of California) has 4 1-hour Disaster videos available at http://www.uctv.tv/disaster/
Disaster Preparedness: Disaster Volunteerism
First Air Date: 10/26/2009
Disaster Preparedness: Pandemic Influenza and Emerging Infections
First Air Date: 10/15/2009
Disaster Preparedness: Chemical and Biological Agents
