Irwin Redlener Quotes

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Irwin Redlener

Profession : Activist

Birth : August 12, 1944

The best way to get a sense of what kinds of emergencies might present themselves in your community is by contacting local chapters of the American Red Cross or offices of emergency management in the region or state. Most large cities will have their own offices of emergency management.

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Every school should have well-rehearsed emergency response protocols covering a variety of possible scenarios, from fire to armed intruders. Schools should have good lines of communications with local emergency response officials and practice those relationships in drills and special exercises.

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Americans do not have a good track record when it comes to preparing for disasters, unless they see a clear possibility of personally being in harms way.

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There has been a transition from a nuclear-annihilation scenario to an isolated-terrorist-nuclear-bomb scenario. But we're still locked into a mind-set that nuclear war would be so overwhelming that any kind of preparedness would be futile.

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Fallout shelters are like bell-bottoms. They've gone in and out of favor.

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There's detailed information on how to assemble a nuclear weapon from parts. There's books about how to build a nuclear bomb.

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Seven million ship cargo containers come into the United States every year. Five to seven percent only are inspected - five to seven percent.

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Nuclear terrorism is possible - it may be probable - but is survivable.

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Immigrant children are highly vulnerable. Their level of disadvantage and fragility has consistently grown due to factors outside their control.

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Having insurance doesn't guarantee good health outcomes, but it is a critical factor.

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President Obama was deeply and clearly affected by the Sandy Hook disaster.

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When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely to do well in school.

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Poverty leads to hardship and failure.

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