Link Of The Week

I'm not a doom-and-gloom person - I try to find something positive about everything seemingly bad that happens.  I try to stay upbeat, and try to keep a positive outlook on life.  For example, the current talk about the possible bird flu pandemic.  On the positive side, there have been no confirmed cases here on our side of the pond, thank goodness.  More and more people are talking about the bird flu these days, thanks largely to the media attention.  With more people being aware of a possible pandemic in the future, a positive outcome is the fact that more people will be prepared if a bird flu pandemic should occur. 

Once again, our government is on top of things.  They have put together an entire website about a pandemic, and what people like you and I should do to be prepared.  Just go to http://www.pandemicflu.org and take a few minutes to surf the site. There's all kinds of information that we need to know so we'll be prepared. They have checklists of items that we should have on hand, not only in the event of a pandemic flu outbreak, but for any type of emergency that might cause us to be unable to get out of the houseor neighborhood for an extneded period of time. The website is basically common sense - they talk about plans that you and your family should already have made in the event of an emergency, and they give you lists of items that every family should have on hand.   You are probably thinking "Come on, Puddin - now you're talking doom and gloom."  Au contraire.   Nobody thought our city would ever be shut down a week like were were just about this time back in 1994 when we got an unexpected 18-inch snow.  We could easily get another snow like that, or flooding since we're right here on the Ohio River.  Better safe than sorry, I always say.  Please take the time to check out the site, and get prepared just in case.