Natural Disasters: Is your family prepared?


	Natural Disasters: Is your family prepared?

CrazyRedHead

9-15-2007 10:47 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cac5af5d-87a0-4779-8fe8-0193ab0e2859/3E7B11DC-E0BB-4B54-9E55-96ECB5F8B0F3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252" href="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ncmec.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ncmec.org/img/E819520C-4AF4-45DE-ABE1-258DA2BE39AA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252">June marks the beginning of hurricane season. And with the threat of
        storms lingering through November, it is important to plan for your family’s
        safety.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252">Families may easily become separated during the chaotic period before
        a storm, especially when evacuation is required. NCMEC offers the following
        recommendations to all families potentially impacted by a hurricane or
      other natural disaster:   </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252"><STRONG>Know where your kids are</STRONG> at all times.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252"><STRONG>Stay together</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Take <STRONG>photos of your children</STRONG> with you when evacuated.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252">Give children identification information to carry with them, including
          the child’s <STRONG>name, date of birth, address, phone numbers</STRONG>,
          etc. 
            <EM>If a child is too young or otherwise unable to speak for him-
            or herself, consider writing his/her name, date of birth, parents’ names,
            home address, and telephone/cell numbers somewhere on the child’s
            body in indelible marker.</EM></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><STRONG>E-mail digital photos</STRONG> of all family members to extended
          relatives and/or friends.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252"><STRONG>Photocopy important documents and mail</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ncmec.org/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=3252"><STRONG>Make a plan</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3E7B11DC-E0BB-4B54-9E55-96ECB5F8B0F3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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