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Continued From Page 1 kids understand who to call and where to meet what to do during common scenarios, such as
as part of an emergency plan. Write down the thunderstorms and floods. Children should un-
logical trauma following exposure to a di-
saster or another emergency. instructions and important phone numbers and derstand to move indoors if they see lightning
keep this information in a place that’s accessi-
or hear thunder. Following the “Turn Around,
Ready.gov and the VA offer tools and infor-
mation to help all members of the family pre- ble to children. If the emergency plan includes Don’t Drown!” motto can help kids understand
that just six inches of moving water can knock
evacuating the house or going into a storm cel-
pare for potential disasters. The following are lar, practice getting up and moving safely but them off their feet during flood conditions.
some of their suggestions. quickly together. Employ additional resources. Kids may learn
Get talking. Talk about storms or conditions Assemble emergency supplies. Include chil- better through stories and activities geared to
that may occur where you live. For example, if dren in building a kit that includes a three-day their level. The Red Cross and FEMA partnered
you live where hurricanes are prevalent, you supply of water, nonperishable food, flashlights, to create the “Prepare with Pedro” program,
might want to address hurricane information blankets, and kid-friendly activities. For a de- which utilizes an activity book, a preparedness
more so than someone who lives where torna- tailed list of what to place in an emergency sup- game and additional resources to teach kids
does or earthquakes are more likely. Explain ply kit, refer to suggestions from the American about emergency preparedness in a fun way.
what can be expected during these storms and Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Manage- Instructing children about natural disasters
find out if kids have a cursory understanding of ment Agency. and emergency preparedness can take some of
what to do if one strikes. Teach kids about different storms. All sorts the mystery out of how to behave in these situa-
Make a plan. Children rely on the adults of storms may strike, so in addition to the ones tions. It also may make surviving an emergency
around them to provide direction. Make sure that are notable in your area, instruct kids about much easier for the entire family.

brown bear named Wojtek into their ranks. The The first submarine used in warfare was the
animal was fond of cigarettes and beer, and even “American Turtle,” a small submersible invented
received a promotion from private to corporal. by David Bushnell, during the American Revo-
lution, in 1776.
A sloth can take up to two weeks to digest a sin-
gle meal. Congress gave Native Americans the right to
vote in presidential elections in 1924.

By Lucie Winborne Actress Roseanne Barr once attempted to run for
president and got as far as filing with the Feder- During the Great Depression, many people
al Election Commission, under the “Green Tea tried selling apples to avoid the stigma of pan-
Time slows down so dramatically near a black Party Ticket.” handling. In New York City alone, there were as
hole that if you stood close enough to it, years many as 6,000 such vendors.
could pass for the universe while just minutes
passed for you. Lightning isn’t limited to thunderstorms, but
can also occur in volcanic eruptions, wildfires Beatle George Harrison’s song “Blue Jay Way”

After trading $3 billion worth of Pepsi-Cola to and snowstorms. has led to the repeated theft of that street sign
in Los Angeles.
the U.S.S.R. in exchange for vodka, submarines
and other military hardware, the Pepsi compa- During certain periods in feudal Japan, exe- The science of kissing is called philematology.
ny briefly had the sixth largest military in the cutions of condemned criminals were used by
world. some samurais to test their new swords. Flower girls traditionally threw flower petals in

Iceland’s parliament, the Icelandic Althingi, first Though cannibalism is, thankfully, no longer a bride’s path to lead her to a sweet, plentiful fu-
ture.
formed in 930 A.D., is the oldest in the world. practiced, Fijians today have embraced this as-
pect of their history: You can buy cannibalism After pirates kidnapped the entire male popu-
The tradition of carrying the bride across the forks and humorous cannibal dolls in many Fi- lation of the Tongan island of ‘Atu in the 18th
threshold started in medieval Europe when jian gift shops. century, the king of Tonga had the remaining
many people believed that a bride was especially women and children moved, and declared the
vulnerable to evil spirits through the soles of her NASA defines an astronaut as someone who has island taboo.
feet. To guard her from such attacks, the chival- flown 50 miles above sea level.
ric groom would carry her into their new home. The mimic octopus can impersonate more than
People are more likely to die in house fires while 15 different marine animals, including lionfish
Los Angeles has the world’s largest Korean pop- sleeping because the sleeping brain responds and flatfish, to fool predators.
ulation outside of Korea. poorly to smoke odors.

In J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcer- The U.S. maintains a Strategic Petroleum Reerve,
er’s Stone,” dragon blood is revealed to be an ef- the largest emergency oil stockpile in the world.
fective oven cleaner.
When “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azka-
The Pyramids of Giza are the only Great Won- ban” made its debut in Great Britain, the pub-
der of the ancient world still standing. lisher asked stores not to sell the book until
schools were closed for the day, to prevent eager
During WWII, the Polish army adopted a reader truancy.