# 6532
September is National Preparedness Month, and along with thousands of others across the country, AFD blog is part of this year’s NPM coalition. All this month, in addition to my regular infectious disease blogging, I’ll be running preparedness articles as well.
Some will be new, like today’s entry, and some will be reposts (often updated) of earlier preparedness essays.
Today, from Texasprepares.org (part of the Texas Department of State Health Services) we’ve a series of preparedness videos (available in both English and En Español) that highlight how Texans – who are hardly strangers to natural disasters – prepare for and cope with emergencies.
The 7 videos are:
Introduction from Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner – 1:20
Surviving Hurricanes: Grab it and Go – 9:50
A Community Rebuilds: Recovering from Wildfires – 9:46
Back to Business: Planning for Disasters – 7:35
Ready for Anything: Preparing for the Next Flood – 8:02
Winds of Destruction: A County's Lessons – 8:45
Facing Disasters: A Plan for Work and Home – 8:17
You can click the image below to watch the videos, or follow the link below it to the download page, where you can access, and download, all of their videos.
Surviving Disaster: How Texans Prepare - Download and Accessible Videos
Beyond the videos, you’ll find plenty of emergency preparedness resources on the Texasprepares.org page, including:
You needn’t be one of the 25 million residents of Texas to find these videos, and resources useful. But you can also find emergency preparedness resources at the FEMA and Ready.gov websites.
Regardless of where you go, today would be an excellent day to to take a hard look at your family’s emergency plans, and begin taking steps to improve them.
