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In New Orleans, in Katrina eight 
years ago,

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65 percent of the people that died in that storm
were over the age of 50.

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In Sandy right here in New York,
50 percent to the people that died in

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the storm were over the age of 65.

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That makes us, all of us in that
age category particularly vulnerable.

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The people that are best prepared for storms

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like Katrina and Sandy have the
best chances of survival.

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FEMA For Seniors comes to seniors
in many venues to help them understand,

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A), why it is important for them to be
prepared and B), how to be prepared.

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And we are here to explain what
sort of things FEMA suggest you

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place in your emergency to go kit.

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First thing, you want to pack
non-perishable food items and water.

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We tell them everybody needs a
flashlight with batteries,

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everybody should have a solar
powered radio to hear what’s going on.

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I’m not gonna tell you food is not important,

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and water is not important
and flashlights aren’t important.

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What you really need to take with you
is things that only you have for yourself

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that only you can bring for yourself 
and you know what I’m talking about,

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I’m talking about documentation.

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You need some kind of envelope like this;
we will give you a label just so like this,

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stick an envelope yourself and fill it out.

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You got your power of attorneys in here,
your Do Not Resuscitate Order,

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you got your doctors name, 
you’ve got a complete

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list of all the medications you are taking.

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I like what he said about getting all the important
papers together, I have that in the plastic bag.

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It was informative and this is what people
needs to know because lo and behold

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there’s gonna be a flood one day.

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But if we prepare for it, if we all prepare for it, we
are all going to be better off in the end.