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Recent Newspaper & Online Columns by Kate Scannell MD

"Today IS the day before" -- National Preparedness Month

By Dr. Kate Scannell, Syndicated Columnist
First Published in Print: 09/29/2012

I have a friend who is always preparing for "the worst." He owns every imaginable kind of insurance policy for himself and his beloved cat. I could live several years off the disaster provisions he has stored in his Chevy's trunk ... or his garden shed ... or his hallway closet ...

September is his favorite month because he gets to celebrate two favored occasions: "National Preparedness Month" and "International Talk Like a Pirate Day." He recently asked me (again) whether I had gotten my act together (finally) and prepared a "landlubber's survival kit for the next merciless squall." Yarrgh.
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