Most not prepared for attack. Poll: Americans let guard down
A recent poll mentioned by USA Today confirms that in the likelihood of a terrorist attack against the US, most American citizens are ill-prepared.
bq.. WASHINGTON —Most Americans have not followed the government’s advice to prepare for terrorism by stocking food and water, making a plan to contact family members and identifying a “safe room” in their homes, a USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll shows.
A year after the Department of Homeland Security launched a multimillion-dollar public relations campaign to encourage people to prepare for an attack, the percentage doing so is dropping sharply.
Four in 10 people say they have a stockpile of food and water at home, down from six in 10 a year ago. Fewer than four in 10 have a designated contact person to help their families coordinate actions. And one-quarter of those polled have a designated “safe room.”
“Americans are asleep at the switch when it comes to their own safety,” says American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha Evans.
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p(small). Source: USAToday© 2004 USA TODAY
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