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GLASS FULL

Readiness these days typically refer to fire preparedness, but the Sonoma County department of emergency readiness, response and recovery is reminding everyone that earthquake readiness is just as important. That’s why they’re moving the Sonoma County Shake Out to spring, when our attention isn’t in competition with other potential disasters.

“With so much concern for wildfire in October, the Great Shake Out earthquake exercise is often not on everyone’s mind,” county officials reported in an announcement of the Shake Out. “Earthquake readiness is really important, so we are moving the exercise to April 18 for Sonoma County!”

The new date is also fitting in that it is the anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. The practice “drop, cover, hold-on” is Monday at 10 am, Sonoma. More info at socoemergency.org.

GLASS EMPTY

A reader called the Glass Empty department with a report of a suspicious letter she received in the mail. It claimed to be from a company called “Adaptive Health Integrations” and informed her the privacy and security of her personal information regarding her insurance card has been hacked and they were disabling her access unless she phoned the number at the bottom of the letter. There was no return address on the envelope. She said she was “very concerned about this.”

An internet search revealed a wellness clinic by that name based in Scottsdale, Arizona, but nothing indicating a connection to insurance. Wisely, the woman didn’t respond to what may have been a scam. “I don’t want to be (duped) by anyone trying to steal my information,” she said. — Jason Walsh

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