Chertoff: Preparedness Depends on People

[Eugene]

Chertoff: Preparedness Depends on People


Monday October 31, 2005 10:46 PM

By LARA JAKES JORDAN

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Stockpiling supplies and developing family response
plans in case disaster strikes not only might save lives - it's also
a civic duty, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Monday
in an interview with The Associated Press.

Two months of hurricanes ravaging the Gulf Coast should prove that
people need to make preparations so emergency officials can focus on
those who are poor, elderly or otherwise can't help themselves,
Chertoff said.

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Chertoff's comments mark a new stage in Homeland Security's "Ready"
campaign - which was widely ridiculed two years ago for urging
homeowners to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting to safeguard
their homes against a chemical or biological attack.

Now, Chertoff said, the department plans to reach out to school
students to carry the preparedness messages home to their parents.
Additionally, Homeland Security and the Ad Council launched a
newspaper and radio campaign Monday pitched at small businesses to
develop disaster plans for workplaces.

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More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5382942,00.html

Remember boys and girls, duct tape and cover! :silly:

[Debi]

1. People get prepared....because Homeland Security is NOT n/t

[Nikki Stone 1]

2. Exactly

All the money is going to Halliburton

[Debi]

5. Someones got to pay to keep replacing Dick's batteries n/t

[htuttle]

3. Better go get another roll of visqueen...

[applegrove]

4. Perhaps we should call in the "people's princess" and she can throw fairy

dust at the issue! What happened to "ownership" society?

[LiberalEZ]

6. WOW

If we have to take care of ourselves, why have a HomeLand security department at all???


"I hate them SO much!"

[applegrove]

7. Exactly! They are still looking for a "scapegoat" or a way to "reframe"

the issue. And kinder, gentler reframing than "THEY WERE TOLD TO LIVE AND BRING THEIR WHEELCHAIRS TOO!".