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Several news sources reported that thirty six National Guard and Military reserve facilities recieved suspicious packages. The packages contained anti-war material and an inert powder substance. Approximately fifty one packages were mailed from a Tennessee. Some packages were also mailed to forty governors offices around the nation.These items were mailed from Texas. The FBI was investigating these incidents.

This is a reminder that terrorism is still very real and that threats are not to be taken litely. Americans should be especially watchful when in the work place, particularly if part of their job is handling incoming mail.

Private security needs to increase training and improve working conditions by providing better guidelines and equipment to frontline security personnel. Security personnel should also be trained in emergency response and be trained on how to interface with other emergency services, including local police, fire departments and FEMA.

After 9/11 occurred, when asked what Americans should do, he replied “Go shopping” This was a profoundly ignorant statement to make. Americans need to stop being complacent and start preparing as if disaster was at their doorstep now. This includes having an action plan, storing extra food, buying emergency equipment and being mentally prepared for the worst.  At the very least, every US home should have on hand, two weeks of non perisahble food, flashlights, extra batteries, an emergency radio, a first aid kit, a heating source and some means of personal defense (A Firearm).

In the event of a real disaster, public safety services will be strapped and unable to provide basic services to those who will need it. The walking wounded and the able bodied will need to fend for themselves. Minor medical attention will need to be delivered as it did on the American frontier in the 1800s.

During world war two nearly every home in the United States had a “Victory Garden” as logistics, food and medical supplies were being sent to troops in the field. The reinstatement of the Victory Garden should be on everyones agenda for this spring, and encouraged by the government. Too much land is wasted as yard space when it could be producing food for hard times. Harvested crops from these gardens can be canned and stored for long periods and make each family a self sustaining unit. Each home should also consider storing its own water or considering a well, (depending upon their location).

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