{"id":10812,"date":"2016-09-02T10:53:56","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/gmr\/blog\/?p=10812"},"modified":"2017-05-04T14:16:25","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:16:25","slug":"where-did-that-month-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2016\/09\/where-did-that-month-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where did that month go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few weeks ago, I posted <a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/gmr\/blog\/2016\/08\/03\/getting-a-head-start-on-emergency-preparedness\/\">an article<\/a> in the GMR blog highlighting the fact that September is <strong>National Preparedness Month<\/strong>. From the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/features\/beready\/\">CDC<\/a>, to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redcross.org\/prepare\/nationalpreparednessmonth\">American Red Cross<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nws.noaa.gov\/com\/weatherreadynation\/prep.html\">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/september\">Ready.gov<\/a>, and your local\u00a0county (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookcountyhomelandsecurity.org\/\">Cook County, IL<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnson-county.com\/dept_emergency_home.aspx?id=737\">Johnson County, IA<\/a>), city (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityoffargo.com\/Emergencies\/\">Fargo, ND<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/louisvilleky.gov\/government\/health-wellness\/emergency-preparedness\">Louisville, KY<\/a>), university (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.d.umn.edu\/emergency\/\">University of Minnesota Duluth<\/a>), or church (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.umc.org\/news-and-media\/churches-dealing-with-disaster\">The United Methodist Church<\/a>), being prepared for an emergency is a priority. Ready or not, the calendar page turned to September, and National Preparedness Month got underway.<\/p>\n<p>Fear not, procrastinators! The NN\/LM has developed a Collaborative Webinar Series, and first up is entitled:\u00a0<strong><em>Don\u2019t Wait, Communicate About Disaster Preparedness!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-10871\" src=\"\/gmr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2016\/09\/disasterJPEG.jpg\" alt=\"disasterJPEG\" width=\"352\" height=\"528\" \/> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong> September 28, 2016 3-4pm ET \/ 2-3pm CT<br \/>\n<strong>To Register:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/ntc\/classes\/class_details.html?class_id=1057\">https:\/\/nnlm.gov\/ntc\/classes\/class_details.html?class_id=1057<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twice a year, <strong>America\u2019s PrepareAthon<\/strong>\u00a0brings together organizations and individuals to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>learn what hazards are most likely to affect their communities<\/li>\n<li>take action to\u00a0increase preparedness<\/li>\n<li>participate in community resilience planning<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The next America\u2019s PrepareAthon takes place on September 30\u2014the final day of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ready.gov\/september\">National Preparedness Month<\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The theme this year is <strong><em>Don\u2019t Wait, Communicate: Make Your Emergency Plan Today<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The September 28 webinar will use themes from America\u2019s PrepareAthon to demonstrate the role librarians play in disaster preparedness. Learn how to get your community ready for specific hazards, and find out what resources you have at your fingertips.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter: <\/strong>Siobhan Champ-Blackwell, National Library of Medicine, Specialized Information Services Division, Disaster Information Management Research Center<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few weeks ago, I posted an article in the GMR blog highlighting the fact that September is National Preparedness Month. From the CDC, to the American Red Cross, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Ready.gov, and your local\u00a0county (Cook County, IL; Johnson County, IA), city (Fargo, ND, Louisville, KY), university (University of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2016\/09\/where-did-that-month-go\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,10,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emergency-preparedness","category-funding","category-training"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8NC9K-2Oo","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11365,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions\/11365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}