Video: Be Prepared Week in Arlington

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by ARLnow.com — September 21, 2012 at 3:15 pm 2,220 17 Comments

Arlington County has declared Sept. 23-29 “Be Prepared Week.”

Arlington officials are encouraging residents and businesses “to do something toward preparedness” — like downloading the “Arlington Prepares” smartphone app or putting together a “go bag” — during the week. The Arlington Office of Emergency Management is also asking people to sign an online “preparedness pledge.”

The county released a short video (above) to get the word out about Be Prepared Week.

DarkHeart

Duct tape, visqueen, ammo, beer.
KalashniKEV

2013 is going to be “Be Prepared Year.”

😉
drax

Got a condom in my wallet. I’m set.
- DarkHeart
  
  Survival kit contents check. In them you’ll find: one forty-five caliber automatic; two boxes of ammunition; four days’ concentrated emergency rations; one drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills; one miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible; one hundred dollars in rubles; one hundred dollars in gold; nine packs of chewing gum; one issue of prophylactics; three lipsticks; three pair of nylon stockings. Shoot, a fella’ could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
  - Major Kong
    
    darn right
  - LPS4DL
    
    Thanks for the inventory list, Slim….
    
    Meanwhile, back in DC: “You can’t fight in here. This is the War Room.”
  - Dude Where’s My Car
    
    heh. though wouldn’t the Arlington kit have
    
    – powdered cupcake mix
    – freeze-dried Fair Trade espresso
    – dehydrated organic gluten-free pizza crust mix
    – minature Crate & Barrel catalog
    – replacement iPhone earbuds
    – spare set of brown flip-flops
- sunflower
  
  just one?
sunflower

be prepared for the new government fiscal year–and hopefully renewals for contractors
- drax
  
  Be prepared for sequestration!
sunflower

…and keep an up-to-date resume in that “go-bag”
WeiQiang

I’ve ordered sidewalks.
pennylane

I pledged!
chipotle_addict

Arlington County has some inside information about the zombie apocalypse?
- Tre
  
  http://runforyourlives.com/#!/infected-zones/10-27-2012/maryland
- Zombie
  
  nom . . . nom . . . nom . . .
JnA

Lessons learned from July’s disaster preparedness disaster:

Don’t keep a lot of frozen and perishable food in your refrigerator in July.

Do have family, friends, or a vacation place where you can spend a few days when the power is off here.

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