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<p align="center"><b><font face="Verdana" size="5" color="#0000FF">Are You
Prepared?<br>
</font></b><font face="Verdana" color="#000000" size="2">By Sy Bigman</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">In recent months either thru the media, the
Local Emergency Planning Committee, or in mailings from the Needham Health
Department, you have been receiving a great deal of information on
�Preparedness Planning�.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2"><span style="color:windowtext">You may need
to survive on your own before outside help will be available. This means
having your own supply of water, food and emergency supplies for a
possible �need period� ranging anywhere from a minimum of a few days to a
possible several weeks supply. Assembling the supplies you may need in a
disaster is important in your families disaster plan.</span></font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Primary suggestions for your food disaster
supplies:</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Water, at least 1 gallon a day per person
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Food supplies should be canned foods that
do not require cooking, such as ready to eat meats, fruits and
vegetables; canned or boxed juices, milk, and soup; jarred items like
peanut butter and jelly; boxed items such as crackers, granola bars and
trail mix. Don�t forget a manual can opener.</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">A first-aid kit that should include
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lubricant</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
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advised by poison control)</font><!--mstheme--></font><!--msthemelist--></td></tr>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">The suggestion has also been made to try to
store items with long �use by� or expiration dates. Check your supplies
and rotate them every six months. You may need to survive on your own
after a disaster before local and state authorities will be able to assist
you and your family. </font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="2">Sy Bigman is a Needham resident, member of
the Local Emergency Planning Committee, member of the Massachusetts
Emergency Management Agency,SMART Committee, and a member of the Needham
Volunteer Medical Corps.</font></p>
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