Jericho Nutty Update

I wanted to post some updates today to let everybody know what is going on in our Jericho campaign. I'm happy to report that new Rangers are joining us every day. It's hard to believe but most of these newcomers are saying they just now found out that Jericho was canceled. Nuts! We are glad to have them and welcome anyone else who cares to join us.

Be sure to watch the videos I've listed. They are fantastic. What talented Rangers we have.


1. Vote for Jericho:

http://richlabonte.net/tvvote/nominations.html

2. Jericho Word Search and Crossword section

http://www.crisscrossmania.com/jericho/index.shtml


3. South Carolina Rangers:

Planning a viewing party for July 6 at Sticky Fingers in Columbia (Harbison)


4. NUTS Follow-Up Staten Island Project Homefront

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bpwVu140t_M

5. An idea is circulating on the Promote Jericho board for a caravan across America to promote Jericho. Modeled somewhat after the Olympic Torch run, we would map a route, hopefully through each state and ask Jericho fans to join up for as long a ride as they could. Initially the suggestion was for a motorcycle ride but I and other non-motorcyclists would like to open up the idea to everyone. The suggestion was made post on this board so maybe each state thread could coordinate the effort in that state. The idea is still rough so any suggestions are welcome. The following are a few of the things we would need to decide on if this idea goes forward:

What would be our "torch?" I am assuming almost everyone would be willing decorate whatever their ride vehicle is with promotional signs, etc. but I think we need one item to pass on.

Is there someway to make this a fund raising effort for Greensburg?

Do we make it a continuous ride or have scheduled legs with some breaks in between?

How do we draw media attention to the ride?

Time frame suggestions i.e. during re-run period, dead period between re-runs and new episodes, etc.?

What is our destination?

More details:

http://jerichoboard.cbs.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?tsn=1&nav=messages&webtag=CBSMBJericho&tid=15479

6. Phase two in the “Promote Jericho” video challenge can now begin.

The winning videos are on a playlist here: http://tinyurl.com/2vefgs

Please watch, rate, and comment on both of these vids as much as you can in the next week, and even after the re-runs start on July 6th. Much like during the “Save Jericho” campaign, raising the videos’ visibility on the hosted site will bring word of the shows' return to people who aren’t aware that it has even been renewed. I know that I can count on all of you to help with this phase!

7. Newsletter:

SIGN UP FREE AT http://www.jerichotimes.com

The Jericho Times has been putting together a weekly newsletter of the activities that happen on this board - and giving information to the fans that do not visit this site everyday. It is FREE to sign up and email newsletters are a great - cheap - way to maintain communication.

The newsletter includes news about the campaign, viewing times, important board messages, videos, news articles, etc.

Medication Stockpiles

I received a comment yesterday from bloggrr re: my blog on Survival Skills. She asked about shelf life of Synthroid which got me to thinking about medications and how they would be affected by a disaster.

Bloggrr, the shelf life of Synthroid, is said to be about 2 years. However, it is prone to degrade faster in response to light, temperature, air, and humidity. Some of the disaster preparation sites I visited suggest that everyone taking medication stockpile a 7 to 14 day supply. You would rotate them so your supply was always fresh. Some say not to stockpile and I couldn't find anybody discussing what to do if you needed your meds for over 14 days.

There are message boards where posters discuss preparedness and meds and some of them mentioned learning about herbal remedies. Of course, herbal remedies wouldn't work for everyone. This led me to consider other scenarios such as what would happen to people who need anti-depressants, insulin, or antipsychotics. What about those living on a fixed income? Those on Medicare and/or Medicaid? It would be difficult for them to stockpile even if they found a Dr. who would prescribe extra. It would, of course, depend on what type of disaster we're talking about. If a hurricane or tornado hit us then we might be fine with a small stockpile of meds or we might be fine without them if we could leave our area and go to one that wasn't affected. A Jericho incident is a whole other story. What if the entire USA was affected? That really is a scary thought.
The websites listed below can do more justice to this subject than I can ever hope to and that's a fact.

The Red Cross has an excellent website that lists everything we should do before a disaster hits.
http://www.redcross.org/services/disaster/beprepared/prep.html


Here's a guide to disaster supply kits:
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/family/disaster-guide/kits.htm


Bioterrorism Disaster Preparedness:
http://home.earthlink.net/~douglaspage/id61.html