September is National Preparedness Month-- A Reminder to Check your Supplies for the winter storm season…

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President Obama has proclaimed September as National Preparedness Month.

Who Ya Gonna CallA 2009 Citizen Corps National Survey revealed only 57% of Americans have supplies set aside in their homes just for disasters, and only 44% have a household emergency plan.

The CDC has a great list of preparedness steps as does Ready.gov, but we encourage you to check out VashonBePrepared’s Are You Ready page on our website to get locally appropriate advise too!

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