From: FEMA Private Sector [fema@service.govdelivery.com]
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 4:01 PM
To: Puett, Barry
Subject: Pledge to Prepare --and-- Why you should Care
Pledge
to Prepare --and-- Why you should Care
Friends,
On Saturday, 29 June, I woke at
3:00 a.m., startled at how hot it was in our room. I looked around and
saw that the clock and the night light were both off. We had lost power
as part of the severe storm that raced across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic
states. With the air-conditioning off and the heat already rising during
a record-setting heat wave, I was concerned for my baby daughter Chloe in her
crib beside the bed and for my toddler daughter Ivy in her room one floor
below.
I reached out and grabbed a
flashlight, because it was there. I gathered bottled water, food and my
emergency kit, because they were there. I went outside to load the car
and found a tree on top of it. I removed the tree, because I had the
tools. I gathered my family and we got in the car, able to go wherever we
needed, because I planned ahead and we had a full tank of gas. Our family
responded and recovered quickly because we prepared and had a plan. It is
not a motto. It’s a choice. And each of you can help make sure that
many more people make the right choices.
Earlier this year we kicked off
our campaign to get all Americans to “Pledge to Prepare.”
Based on requests from many of you, for the first time ever this is a yearlong
campaign that will culminate with National Preparedness Month in September. The
goal and theme this year is to turn awareness
into action – in other words, don’t just sign up; sign up and
do something meaningful, measurable and visible. And there are just a few
– very few – key points:
Please help us ensure that next
time there’s a severe storm, power outage, flooding, wildfire or other disaster
that all of the people that you touch in your business and your life know and
have done what matters – because you invested this time, right now in what
matters. Take care. - Dan
Dan Stoneking, FEMA Private Sector
Director
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