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Brian: SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND A GOOD
REMINDER TO GET READY FOR
DISASTER.
HERE TO HELP US BE PREPARED,
RICH WOODRUFF, THANK YOU FOR
BEING WITH US.
ALWAYS A PLEASURE, THANK
YOU.
Brian: WE TALK ABOUT
PREPAREDNESS MOTHER GET
SOMETHING EASILY A LOT OF US
COULD BLOW OFF BUT WHEN YOU
HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE, PANDEMIC
AND NOW HURRICANE LAURA, I
THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
REMINDS US HOW IMPORIT IS TO BE
PREPARED.
Bria.
A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
YOU HAVE IN PLACE SHELTER AND
POSSIBILITIES, A LOT OF THINGS
IN GENERAL TO PREPARE FOR
WHATEVER DISASTER MAY COME.
Brian: YOU VENTURE
SHELTERING, THOSE ARE SOME
THINGS THAT YOU MENTIONED IN
LOUISIANA AND TEXAS.
WHAT'S THE UPDATE?
A LOT OF LOWER INCOME NEEDS
AND FINANCIAL NEEDS, RIGHT ON
THE PRICE TAG CONTINUES TO GO
UP, LATEST I HEARD $25 MILLION.
A SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL COST.
A LOT OF IT BESIDES THE
POPULATION, A LOT MORE LODGING
AND PARTNER ACCOMMODATIONS, THE
ENVIRONMENT HAS CHANGED WITH
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
CONGREGANT SHELTERING IS A LAST
RESULT.
THE MAIN OBJECTIVE IS KEEPING
PEOPLE SAFE WITH THE CDC
GUIDELINES MASKS AND
DISTANCING.
Brian: OBVIOUSLY DON'T DO
WITH HER CANE OFTEN HERE IN
UTAH.
BUT WE HAVE SEEN A TORNADO, WE
DID HAVE AN EARTHQUAKE THIS
YEAR WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE
BEEN PREPARING FOR MANY
DECADES.
THEN OF COURSE THE PANDEMIC.
HOW DO WE PREPARE OURSELVES FOR
SOME OF THESE THINGS?
WE ALWAYS SAY, HAVE A KIT
AND MAKE A PLAN.
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE UP AGAINST.
ESPECIALLY OLDER AMERICANS IN
HER VULNERABLE WITH HEALTH
CONDITIONS, UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
ESPECIALLY IN THE PANDEMIC
ENVIRONMENT.
YOU HAVE OPTIONS WHERE YOU CAN
GO TO BASICALLY MAINTAIN YOUR
OWN SAFETY OF THOSE YOU MIGHT
BE STAYING WITH FOR EXAMPLE.
Brian: ONE OF THE THINGS ARE
TAKEN NOTE OF WHAT WE HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION IS 72 HOUR KIT.
ONE OF THOSE THINGS HONESTLY, I
BLEW THIS OFF FOR YEARS.THIS
YEAR, WITH EVERYTHING WE BEEN
DEALING WITH, I GOT ON THE BALL
AND I FINALLY MADE ONE.
HOW IMPORTANT ARE THOSE AND
WHAT SHOULD YOU HAVE IN THEM?
A 72 HOUR KIT, THREE DAYS
IS A PRETTY GOOD START IT'S
EMERGENCY TO GET YOU BY.
AS WE GO TO THE MOTHER WILL
TALK ABOUT WHAT MY GOING THERE
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, IN A MIGHT NOT
THINK ABOUT THINGS LIKE YOUR
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS, MAY
BE CASH, ATM MACHINES YOU NEVER
KNOW WHAT THE DISASTER MIGHT
BRING TO THE DOORSTEP SO THEY
CAN ADVANCE OF THE DIGITAL
DOCUMENTS.
A LOT OF INGREDIENTS AND WE CAN
TALK ABOUT THAT AS WE GET INTO
THE MONTH.
Brian: YOU SAID YOU'RE
SPLITTING UP PREPAREDNESS ONE
WEEK AT A TIME.
YEAH, HAVE A PLAN.
TALK ABOUT ESSENTIALLY TODAY
MAKING A KIT IS SOMETHING YOU
DO MORE DETAIL ALSO TEACHING
YOUR KIDS PREPAREDNESS WITH
PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED
FOR CHILDREN TO BE PREPARED AND
YOU KNOW THERE'S FIRES AND
FLOODING.
Brian: OKAY SO AS YOU GO
THROUGH EACH OF THE DIFFERENT
IDEAS FROM EACH WEEK IN
SEPTEMBER THIS WEEK IS MAKE A
PLAN.
FOR PEOPLE TO GO FIND OUT WHAT
KIND OF CLINICIAN MAKE, HOW DO
THEY CONNECT WITH YOU?
WE SUGGEST RED CROSS.org
ALSO HAVE AN EMERGENCY ACT THAT
BREAKS DOWN DIFFERENT TYPES OF
DISASTERS.
A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A GIVE
GOOD INFORMATION AT YOUR
FINGERTIPS.
Brian: WE WILL LINK TO THE
OWNER WEBSITE www.ABC4.com/GMU
PREPARE HERE WITH NATIONAL
PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND UTAH RED
CROSS.
YOU CAN SEE THE LINK RIGHT
THERE, IT IS PREPARED EACH WEEK
