Market Segments | Disaster Recovery
People: Shriver boosts California emergency preparedness Web site
By Louis Chunovic, Senior Editor
Published April 25th, 2008
Maria Shriver
California’s First Lady,
Maria Shriver, and CaliforniaVolunteers, the lead state office responsible for coordinating volunteer activities, have launched a first-of-its-kind online disaster preparedness effort focused on the greater Los Angeles area, known as WE Prepare. "We cannot afford to wait for the next disaster to hit before we take steps to get ready," Shriver said at a ceremony launching the Web-based program. Since 1950, 255 states of emergency have been proclaimed in California. Since 1989, there have been 27 major declared disasters. Despite this looming threat of unexpected disasters, less than half of Californians have a disaster plan in place. Shriver pointed out that WE Prepare hopes to motivate families to take action and get prepared for both natural and man-made disasters. It is located within the web site of CaliforniaVolunteers:
www.californiavolunteers.org.
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