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Health & Fitness

SAFETY

Time to renew safety training in your house. Where would you meet, if there was a fire. often a good place is across the street and up or down a few doors. Where would you go if you had to leave home, who would you call to let people know where you are. Check out your first aid kit, and replace batteries in flashlights.  Duct tape and clear plastic sheeting should be in every home. If the power went out, do you have a week of food water, and medications. Soon there will be storms and you should be ready. This is the time of yr scam artists, try all the new cons. those calls from the bank, maynnot be the bank, caller id can be spoofed. also emails can be copied and they look like your bank but they are not. Always use the official site. Never give out personal info to anybody who is calling you. People fall for this is the doctors office, scams. in public be careful when you get bumped, this is often a diversion, to rob you. In crowded areas, put your foot threw your purse strap if sitting down, bags should be at you feet under the table hard to get at. the crooks just wait for the split second to rob you. If someone bumps you turn around and look at them.  Yell who touched me if you have to.  If your being followed, walk into a store and ask the cleark to call the police. safety in numbers. even pan handling can be a diversion to rob you. Get loud and act crazy if alone. ROBBERS AND RAPISTS are afraid of crazy people cause they do not know how thy will react. If someone wants you to go with them, or tries to drag you somewhere, the FBI says do not go with them. the chances of survival go down. REASONING WITH THEM, lets them know they are in control, and your danger level goes up. If you g4t car jacked, get out of the car, toss the keys. even if they have a gun, your chances are better when you flee. Do not let them know what you are thinking. bargining with them does not work. Students, keep track, of any repairs done, take pictures, call the city hotline.  Do not take the well we will get to it, start a complaint, right up frount.  Used furn can be a home for bed bugs. there is a reason somebody put it on the street.  Mice and rats need to be dealt with, if you see one it means there is likely 10. Learn the area you live in.   between the hrs of 2am to 5 am crime rate goes way up. Know where you are going.  remember just cause a friend did a street drug, does not make it safe for you. Your not talking about pharmasuticals, you talking about stuff made under the worst conditions. One batch might be okay and the next deadly. Often drugs are mixed to give a more addictive high. sometimes with fatal results.

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