{"id":190,"date":"2005-09-02T14:40:58","date_gmt":"2005-09-02T18:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/metasj\/2005\/09\/02\/right-on-schedule-its-national-prepare"},"modified":"2005-09-02T14:40:58","modified_gmt":"2005-09-02T18:40:58","slug":"right-on-schedule-its-national-preparedness-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/sj\/2005\/09\/02\/right-on-schedule-its-national-preparedness-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Right on schedule, it’s… National Preparedness Month!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The site maintainer[s? I’ll be kind and assume it’s one overworked
\nwebmaster with other obligations] hasn’t had the time to update their
\nmain page content to mention Katrina or link to relief efforts. 
\nClearly a northerner.  A 6-page press release<\/a> sent out today had two mentions of Katrina edited in at the last moment.  The title of the release, “COALITION FORCES MORE THAN DOUBLE IN SIZE TO JOIN HOMELAND
\nSECURITY AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH 2005<\/strong>“,
\nlike its subtitle and leading paragraph, read like so much meaningless
\ncopy, as though there were no disasters actually taking place at the
\nmoment.  <\/p>\n

If you see Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff<\/span> or American Red Cross Chairman Bonnie McElveen-Hunter<\/span>
\nduring their appearances today in DC, please thank them for me; each of
\nthem added a single sentence about Katrina to their quotes in the
\nrelease.  Ms. McElveen-Hunter is quoted as saying, <\/p>\n

In the
\nterrible aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, there could be no more
\nimportant message than the need for Americans to get prepared for the
\nnext disaster.<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

I hope the  need to help with the current disaster is next on the “important messages” priority list.<\/p>\n

\n Some local reps to contact to find out how well these national activities are preparing citizens for emergencies :
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