City of Oldsmar, Florida Disaster Prep, 9 Jul 2013

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From YouTube: Public Service Announcment: It Only Takes One

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Interview with Oldsmar Fire Chief Dean O'Nale and "reporter" Ima Dowtin-Thomas on disaster preparedness. Chief O'Nale will remind you to:

* Have a Plan -- www.PinellasCounty.org
* Register for Code Red -- www.myoldsmar.com
* Have a Go Bag ready -- www.FloridaDisaster.org

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Our Florida XYZ.

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News next reporter iwasawa Thomas, this is I'm at downing Thomas with X Y Z enact news in action today, I'm here with city of old, smart chief Dino, nail hi chief. How are you doing? Oh? How are you today I'm doing well, we've been getting calls done at the station that you've been urging the public to be prepared for a hurricane. Is there any truth to this rumor? Absolutely.

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We always want people to be ready for hurricane season, but.

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Chief, have you ever seen a hurricane in Pinellas County, the.

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Last time, Pinellas County had a direct impact from a hurricane was in 1921, but the important thing to remember is it only takes one. The goal is for us to always be prepared. We want people to understand, that's important. They have a plan register for Code Red and have a go-bag ready at all times. There's.

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A reason safety Harbor is called safety, Harbor it's home to ancient Indian burial grounds, and doesn't that protect us? Aren't you afraid that urging the public to be prepared is only gonna cause unnecessary purchases and widespread panic? Well,.

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Now being prepared, it's not just for hurricanes, it's also for electrical outages, water, outages, wildfires. We can use that same concept for other emergencies. The important thing is to remember: to have a plan register for Code Red and have a go-bag ready have.

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You ever seen a hurricane. How do you know they exist? I've.

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Never have seen a hurricane, but I have seen the damages they cause, and we don't want to see that in our city. We want people to understand how important it is for them to have a plan register for Code Red and have their Go Bag ready at all times. Do.

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You think an alien force field is protecting us. Why haven't we ever been hit? Well.

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We've been very fortunate up till now, but a member the longer it is from the last hurricane, the closer we are to the next one. So let's have a plan, let's register for code rad and let's have our go bags ready well.

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Folks, there you have it according to chief o nail, our luck may have run out and aliens may not be protecting us any longer. So he advises us all to have a and make reservations like Club Med and take a bag.