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September is National Preparedness Month,
and this year's observance takes on special significance,
as we remember those who lost their lives 10 years ago on September 11th.
Over the past year, we've introduced the NASA family to the concept of family preparedness.
You've been provided access to resources that will help you develop plans to take care of your family,
and even pets, whenever an emergency arises.
As the program evolves, additional resources will be made available to include topics such as urban survival.
In an effort to reach everyone in the family, a NASA kid's corner is being developed on the family preparedness Web site,
which will be full of downloadable resources and activities for your children to increase their awareness.
Our NASA family has to be prepared for a natural disaster or terrorist attack that could happen at any time or place throughout the country.
Here's Mike Coats to discuss why family preparedness is so important to you at Johnson.
Here in Houston we are certainly no stranger to emergencies. In fact, it probably seems like we've had more than our share in recent years.
We're all old hands now at evacuating, hunkering down, and sheltering in place. Hiding from wind and running from water.
But as such, we have to be extra careful not to become complacent.
Make sure your contact information is up to date in our Agency Emergency Notification System database so that we can check in with you when something happens.
Take some time to go over your emergency plans and evacuation routes with your family, and dust off your disaster preparedness kit.
And if you don't have one, now's the time. Visit www.jscsos.com for tips on what you can do to be ready for the unexpected. And remember that address
because in the event of an emergency you can visit that Web site for updates on emergencies and the state of the Center. Again, that's www.jscsos.com.
Hopefully, we won't need any of this anytime soon, but it will be good to be ready when we do.
Remember, when it comes to preparedness, it's up to you to make sure everyone in your family knows their stuff. This is a mission at which we cannot afford to fail.