<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Greetings Everyone,<div><br></div><div>Not sure yet on the focus you all will take this year, but the recent discussions on ADA around emergency preparedness has got me thinking. I have talked with a few in the Lawrence community who plays a role in emergency responses to disasters, and it seems to be very little discussion about this topic at many of their meetings and trainings. Additionally, I have noticed that the smart phone EBS alerts do not work for providing me information about potential dangers. I use Redcross Tornado, and have received warning and watches, while the official EBS reports nothing for this area.</div><div><br></div><div>Just some thoughts, as I am wondering how the rest of Kansas is treated.</div><div><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">Marc Dubin <<a href="mailto:mdubin@pobox.com">mdubin@pobox.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[ADA Expertise] Ruling On NYC Disaster Plans For Disabled May Have Far Reach : NPR</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';">November 9, 2013 at 4:39:13 PM CST<br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:timothy.hornik@gmail.com">timothy.hornik@gmail.com</a><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style="font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style="font-family:'Helvetica';"><a href="mailto:mdubin@pobox.com">mdubin@pobox.com</a><br></span></div><br><div><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="content-type"><div dir="auto"><div><a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/11/09/243998312/ruling-on-nyc-disaster-plans-for-disabled-may-have-far-reach?ft=1&f=1001&utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprnews&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=twitter">http://www.npr.org/2013/11/09/243998312/ruling-on-nyc-disaster-plans-for-disabled-may-have-far-reach?ft=1&f=1001&utm_content=socialflow&utm_campaign=nprnews&utm_source=npr&utm_medium=twitter</a></div><div><br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); 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