September is National Preparedness Month-- A Reminder to Check your Supplies for the winter storm season…
- John Cornelison
- September 1, 2012
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President Obama has proclaimed September as National Preparedness Month.
A 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!
MyBuildingPermit and Simpson Strong-tie have partnered to provide a series of free home retrofit classes for homeowners and contractors.
The ShakeOut™ moniker started a couple years back in California I believe – which perhaps accounts for it’s subsequent adoption thought the galaxy, and soon in Washington too! I’m a bit jaded about such marketing obviously, but it has generated LOTS of publicity and made many aware that otherwise wouldn’t have a clue.