Preparedness month

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   HHS is doing radio ads and DHS has named Sept. National Prep Month.   
October is going to get interesting.    

Remember, flu season will soon be hitting so there could be some uneasiness in the air.  If HPAI is discovered in the U.S. during flu season, which is a good likelihood, there will be a lot of potential confusion.   Birds dying, plus people getting sick even from the normal flu, could be a problem.  Pandemic or no pandemic this winter, the road could get a little bumpy.   Panflu preparedness is about to become a way of life.  

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Albert Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Joined: April 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 47746	Post Options Post Reply Quote Albert Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Preparedness month Posted: September 07 2006 at 5:59am
	HHS is doing radio ads and DHS has named Sept. National Prep Month. October is going to get interesting. Remember, flu season will soon be hitting so there could be some uneasiness in the air. If HPAI is discovered in the U.S. during flu season, which is a good likelihood, there will be a lot of potential confusion. Birds dying, plus people getting sick even from the normal flu, could be a problem. Pandemic or no pandemic this winter, the road could get a little bumpy. Panflu preparedness is about to become a way of life.

Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest Group	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 07 2006 at 6:13am
	Albert is so right. One thing I have learned here is how serious even deadly the seasonal flu is. I have had bad bouts of the flu many times in my life as well as pneumonia twice and have taken for granted how the body can fight off these potentially deadly diseases with a little help from our doctors. Obviously in a pandemic situation these doctors are going to overwhelmed if they are even available. Home care will have to be our only expected option if we are unfortunate enough to get sick. Learning to treat the symptoms of flu's and pneumonia has been a priority of mine so my family has a least a fighting chance.

July Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Valued Member Joined: May 24 2006 Status: Offline Points: 1660	Post Options Post Reply Quote July Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: September 08 2006 at 7:14am
	Monmouth, Independence Emergency fair set for Saturday September 8, 2006 An emergency preparedness fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Central Plaza, 1401 Monmouth Ave., Independence. The fair will address disaster preparedness and self-reliance and the disaster plans of schools and cities. Participants include the Red Cross, the National Guard, and local fire and police departments. Topics include emergency communication, ham radio, water storage, floods, earthquakes, high wind, fires, first aid, 72-hour kits, utilities, auto survival kits, food storage, sanitation, survival cooking, bird flu, important documents, family emergency plans and other emergency-preparedness topics. For information, call Goldie Burton at (503) 838-2892. Justin Much

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	Preparedness is so important US says disasters push children into dangerous jobs 06 Sep 2006 22:04:42 GMT Source: Reuters By Lisa Lambert WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Natural disasters around the world last year disrupted the lives of millions of children, pushing many into armed conflicts, prostitution, drug trafficking and other dangerous occupations, according to a new U.S. government report on child labor. At the beginning of 2005 thousands of Asian children found themselves orphaned by a major tsunami. An earthquake in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan destroyed the homes of 2.8 million people and other disasters in Africa and Latin America left children scrambling for support, the report said. "Other children, who were studying prior to a disaster, can fall victim to exploitation in the worst forms of child labor when they lose a teacher or their school is destroyed," the U.S. Labor Department said in its report. The report surveyed 137 countries and territories that receive U.S. trade benefits, using information from U.S. embassies, foreign governments and nongovernmental groups as well as field visits by Labor Department staff. After the tsunami struck Sri Lanka in December 2004 there were reports of traffickers buying and selling orphans, the report said. The country's rebel army, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, also recruited children from survivors' camps, it said. The report also found that war-ravaged Afghanistan is a "country of origin" for children trafficked for sex and labor, as well as the harvesting of human organs. In Iraq, children younger than 14 are being recruited to fight in armed political groups and girls are sent to neighboring countries for sex work, the department said. According to the International Labor Organization, a United Nations agency, one in seven children worldwide is involved in child labor. Geoff Keele, a spokesman for the United Nations Children's Fund, or UNICEF, said children forced to mine or work on heavy construction equipment, as well as those who are trafficked, all face life-endangering hazards. Those impressed as domestic help can also be abused, he said. "You have children in slave-like conditions," he said. James Carter, head of international affairs at the Labor Department, said the U.S. handed out $69.7 million in 2005 for combating child labor abroad and it would continue supporting children hurt by natural disasters in the coming year.