Tuesday February 7, 2012

Recheck Your Disaster Plan

It is time to re-check your disaster plans as Hurricane Season draws to a close and Winter Snows loom out west.  

Check out -Preparedness 101: A  Zombie  Novella from the CDC - Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response


CDC has a fun new way of teaching the importance of emergency preparedness. Our new graphic novel, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic" demonstrates the importance of being prepared in an entertaining way that people of all ages will enjoy. Readers follow Todd, Julie, and their dog Max as a strange new disease begins spreading, turning ordinary people into zombies. Stick around to the end for a surprising twist that will drive home the importance of being prepared for any emergency. Included in the novel is a Preparedness Checklist so that readers can get their family, workplace, or school ready before disaster strikes.


When Disaster Strikes - Stay Green from LiveGreenHoward.com

Given Mother Nature’s recent out­bursts in this area, let’s talk about being pre­pared.  Whether we’re fac­ing another snow­pocalyspe, hur­ri­cane, earth­quake, flood, or even an after­noon elec­tri­cal storm, it’s easy to be pre­pared while still being “green.”  Hav­ing wit­nessed the chaos that ensued in the Twit­ter world just before Irene hit (i.e.“[insert name of any store here] in #HoCo just ran out of water, milk, toi­let paper, gen­er­a­tors, and bat­ter­ies!”) it seems that often in quick prepa­ra­tions we grab the eas­i­est thing off the shelf instead of think­ing long term.  Plan now, think through what you really need, and you’ll find your­self at home with a stack of good library books instead of elbow­ing peo­ple for that last bot­tle of water.

From Maryland’s Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA)

Maryland drivers can now add three emergency contacts to their driver's license so police will know who to call if an accident occurs. The emergency contact information is stored electronically on an individual's driver's license and will be available only to authorized law enforcement personnel.

You can go to MVA's website at www.mva.maryland.gov and add your three emergency contacts in just a few minutes. Go to the website, click "On-line Transactions, then click "More" and then click "Emergency Contacts" to add your emergency contacts.
 
To perform this Emergency Contact Information transaction, you must be able to provide your Driver's License number, date of birth and PIN or last 4 digits of your social security number.

The emergency contact information system is available for individuals to list name, address and telephone number for up to three people.