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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS |
Are you ready?Recall the Aesop’s fable about the ant and the grasshopper: The ant was busy gathering food for the winter, while the grasshopper played all day long. The lesson of the fable: Be Prepared for the Future. Some of us are ants, always preparing for future events, while others are grasshoppers, chirping and singing through life. There is probably a happy medium between the two lifestyles for overall daily living. But unfortunately, most people are more like the grasshopper when it comes to preparing for an unknown future emergency event. In addition to our non-attentive attitude, the story of “Peter and the Wolf” comes to mind. It seems every unusual event these days becomes “big” news, and questioned as possible terrorism, then turns out to be related to some other cause. Just as no one heeds Peter’s call when the wolf finally appears, Americans have become indifferent to the warnings we have been given after 9/11 to make preparations for an emergency event because all of the “wolf” calls have turned out to be insignificant. But the “sighting of the wolf” could be real at any time. In addition, wicked weather can occur anywhere in this country. While we can probably never be fully prepared for unknown events, it is practical and prudent to be like the ant and “heed the call of the wolf.” Begin to make some preparations today so you will be prepared, should an event, such as a severe storm or terror attack occur. How prepared are you for an emergency? Below are listed several links to pages that will help you prepare for an unforeseen event.
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Phone. (203) 248-4528 |
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